3 papers
astro-ph.IM2019
Discovering the Sky at the Longest Wavelengths with Small Satellite Constellations
Xuelei Chen, Jack Burns, Leon Koopmans +29
Due to ionosphere absorption and the interference by natural and artificial radio emissions, ground observation of the sky at the decameter or longer is very difficult. This unexpl…
astro-ph.IM2016
Submillimeter Atmospheric Transparency at Maunakea, at the South Pole, and at Chajnantor
Simon J. E. Radford, Jeffery B. Peterson
For a systematic assessment of submillimeter observing conditions at different sites, we constructed tipping radiometers to measure the broad band atmospheric transparency in the w…
astro-ph2002
Stability of the Submillimeter Brightness of the Atmosphere Above Mauna Kea, Chajnantor and the South Pole
J. B. Peterson, S. J. E. Radford, P. A. R. Ade +4
The summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the area near Cerro Chajnantor in Chile, and the South Pole are sites of large millimeter or submillimeter wavelength telescopes. We have placed…