Use of AURA Microwave Limb Sounder data for Dome C and Dome A site-testing

A. Gardini; A. Damiani; M. Storini

doi:10.1051/eas/1040015

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Volume 40 (2010)

EAS Publications Series, 40 (2010) 111-114

Abstract

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 40, 2010 3^rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at CONCORDIA (Dome C, Antarctica)


Page(s)		111 - 114
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1040015
Published online		23 December 2009

3^rd ARENA Conference: An Astronomical Observatory at CONCORDIA (Dome C, Antarctica)
L. Spinoglio and N. Epchtein (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 40 (2010) 111-114

Use of AURA Microwave Limb Sounder data for Dome C and Dome A site-testing

A. Gardini, A. Damiani and M. Storini

INAF/IFSI-Roma, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy

Abstract

The Antarctic Plateau is considered an ideal location for ground-based astronomy from the visible to the millimetric wavelength, thanks to both the low thermal emission and the high transparency of the atmosphere. The Microwave Limb Sounder instrument on board the AURA satellite, provides the vertical profiles of temperature, humidity and several gases present in atmosphere. These profiles can be used as input in radiative transfer model to simulate the atmospheric transmissivity at the different wavelengths.