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Corresponding Author
Name
Jon Lawrence
Authors
NameAffiliation
Jon Lawrence University of New South Wales
Michael Ashley University of New South Wales
John Storey University of New South Wales
Abstract
Session1 (Instrumentation and observations to quantify the magnitude and distribution of atmospheric optical turbulence.)
Title'Characterising optical turbulence at Dome A on the Antarctic plateau'
AbstractThe free-atmospheric turbulence above the South Pole is known to be very calm above a ~250 m thick turbulent boundary layer. Dome C station, located higher on the Antarctic plateau, experiences similar free-atmosphere conditions but with a much lower surface boundary layer height (~30 m). It is likely that the optical turbulence at Dome A, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau (first visited in 2005 by a Polar Research Institute of China expedition), is confined even closer to the ice level. Obtaining data from this site represents a difficult technological challenge, due to the remote location and extreme environmental conditions. A collaboration between PRIC, NAOC, and UNSW intends to deploy the PLATO (PLATeau Observatory) to Dome A in the 2007/8 Austral summer. This observatory will characterise the Dome A atmospheric optical turbulence via an instrument suite which could include a Multi-Aperture Scintillation Sensor for upper atmosphere turbulence and a high-resolution Surface layer Non-Doppler Acoustic Radar for near ground turbulence.

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