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EAS Publications Series
Volume 40, 2010
3rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at CONCORDIA (Dome C, Antarctica)
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| Page(s) | 107 - 110 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1040014 | |
| Published online | 23 December 2009 | |
L. Spinoglio and N. Epchtein (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 40 (2010) 107-110
Site-testing and continuous atmospheric monitoring at mm wavelength band with CASPER 2
Department of Physics, “Sapienza”, University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
Ground-based cosmological observations need a detailed knowledge about atmospheric transmission. A continuous monitoring of the transmission in the FIR/mm wavelength range is needed mainly due to H2O high frequency variations along the line of sight of a telescope. CASPER 2 (Concordia Atmospheric Spectroscopy of Emitted Radiation) is a spectrometer devoted to measurements of atmospheric emission in the millimetric region (4–12 cm-1, 120–360 GHz) with a spectral resolution of 0.2 cm-1. The instrument allows a continuous monitoring of the atmospheric transmission of the same sky region explored with MITO (Millimeter and Infrared Testagrigia Observatory, 3480 m asl, Italy) telescope, during cosmological observations.
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