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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) | 327 - 332 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1040046 | |
| Published online | 23 December 2009 | |
L. Spinoglio and N. Epchtein (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 40 (2010) 327-332
Atmospheric Transmission at Dome C between 0 and 10 THz
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IRFU/SAp CEA/DSM, Lab. AIM CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Chalmers University of Technology, Dep. of Radio and Space Science,
Göteborg, Sweden
3
National Insitute for Information and Communication, Koganei, Japan
We present model calculations of the atmospheric transmission for DOME C in Antarctica for frequencies up to 10 THz (30 μm) using the forward model MOLIERE-5. Measurements of precipitable water vapor (pwv), obtained by the SUMMIT radiometer installed at the Concordia station during 2008 and working at a wavelength of 200 μm, are translated into atmospheric transmission using MOLIERE. Quartiles of transmission, calculated from 200 μm data are extrapolated to 350 μm and compared to the CCAT (Cornell-Caltech Atacama Telescope) site in Chile. It turns out that for 25% of the time at DOME C (CCAT), the transmission is around 20% (5%) at 200 μm. This corresponds to a pwv of 0.18 mm for DOME C. At 350 μm, for 50% of time at DOME C (CCAT) the transmission is around 55% (25%). This corresponds to a pwv of 0.22 mm for DOME C. These results show that DOME C is one of the best observing sites on Earth for submm-astronomy with respect to high atmospheric transmission over long time periods.
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