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ASAC_1214_SUMMIT_DOMEC_2000

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Burton, M. and Calisse, P. (2010) The Automated Astrophysical Site Testing Observatory - MASS, SUMMIT and SODAR data, Ver. 1, Australian Antarctic Data Centre - doi:10.4225/15/514946222C549, Accessed: 2024-04-19
Title
The Automated Astrophysical Site Testing Observatory - MASS, SUMMIT and SODAR data
Data Centre
Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia
DOI
doi:10.4225/15/514946222C549
Created Date
2004-06-09
Revision Date
2017-04-26
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    Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1214
    See the link below for public details on this project.

    Submillimetre Site Testing Data from Dome C, Dec 2000 - Jan 2001

    Optical Depth at 350 microns and effective atmospheric temperature at this wavelength, as measured with the SUMMIT (Sub-Millimetre Tipper) experiment on the AASTINO over the austral summer of 2000/2001.

    Results, and description of the experiment are published in:

    Calisse, P.G., Ashley, M.C.B., Burton, M.G., Phillips, M.A, Storey, J.W.V., Radford, S.J.E. and Peterson, J.B., 'Submillimeter site testing at Dome C, Antarctica', 2004. Pub. Ast. Soc. Aus., 21:256-263.

    with additional information in

    Calisse, P.G., 'The effect of a radome on submillimetre site testing measurements', 2004. Pub. Ast. Soc. Aus., 21:252-255

    ColumnIdentifierMeaning
    1dateDate
    2timeUniversal Time (UT)
    3fileInternal File Name (dc = Dome C)
    4durTime for each data point (seconds)
    5TdetDetector Temperature (K)
    6tau12Zenith optical depth at 350 microns,
    calculated from flux measurements at 1 and 2 airmasses
    7errorError in optical depth, calculated via error propagation
    8Tsky12Sky Temperature at Zenith, calculated from flux at 1 and 2 airmasses
    9Tgre12Zenith grey body atmospheric brightness temperature,
    calculated from Tsky12 . (1 - exp(-tau12))
    10finternal check code on data
    11tauLMZenith optical depth at 350 microns,
    calcuated from non-linear fit with atmospheric model
    12TskyLMSky Temperature at Zenith, calculated from non-linear fit
    13TgreLMZenith grey body atmospheric brightness temperature,
    calculated from TskyLM . (1 - exp(-tauLM))
    14finternal check code on data

    Note that 99.00 or 999.0 is recorded when an error occurs in the analysis algorithm, for instance the standard deviation being too large, or the fit not converging.

    2009-2010 Season Update:
    New data were added for the MASS, SODAR and SUMMIT instruments for the years 2003-2005.

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    Quality

    Values provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.

    Access

    The data are available at the provided URL.

    Temporal Coverages

    Spatial Coverages

    Latitude: -75.0

    Longitude: 125.0

    Science Keywords

    Additional Keywords

    • AASTO
    • MASS
    • SUMMIT
    • SODAR
    • ASTRONOMY
    • BOUNDARY LAYER
    • SKY TEMPERATURE
    • SUB-MILLIMETRE OPACITY

    Locations

    • CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > DOME C
    • GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

    Platforms

    • FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
    • OBSERVATORIES

    Instruments

    • Telescopes

    Researchers

    • burton, michael (INVESTIGATOR,DIF AUTHOR)
    • calisse, paolo (TECHNICAL CONTACT)

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    This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License
    (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

    Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_1214_SUMMIT_DOMEC_2000 when using these data.

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