Global Site Selection for Astronomy

Site Testing Antarctica for Astronomy

The Antarctic Plateau provides the pre eminent sites on the surface of the Earth for many types of astronomical observation We have em barked on a site testing programme to quantify the ultimate sensitivity levels achievable The programme is now in operation at the South Pole where an infrared sky brightness monitor and micro thermal temperature sensors have been deployed We plan to extend thes...

Ecopark Site Selection in Central Isfahan Province

Today’s situation in cities requires that planned parks be set up to create ecological equilibrium. The current study was  aimed to identify suitable zones for establishing ecoparks in the central region of Isfahan province; this was done using seven effective criteria including topography, landscape, climate, rock and soil, water resources, environmental sensitivity, and accessibility. The wei...

Site testing for submillimetre astronomy at Dome C, Antarctica

Aims. Over the past few years a major effort has been put into the exploration of potential sites for the deployment of submillimetre astronomical facilities. Amongst the most important sites are Dome C and Dome A on the Antarctic Plateau, and the Chajnantor area in Chile. In this context, we report on measurements of the sky opacity at 200 μm over a period of three years at the French-Italian ...

Feature selection for high dimensional data in astronomy

With an exponentially increasing amount of astronomical data, the complexity and dimension of astronomical data are likewise growing rapidly. Extracting information from such data becomes a critical and challenging problem. For example, some algorithms can only be employed in the low-dimensional spaces, so feature selection and feature extraction become important topics. Here we describe the di...

Feasibility Study of GIS and AHP Techniques in Site Selection for Pedestranization towards Urban Regeneration