Site characteristics of the high Antarctic plateau
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A brief review is given of the major results from the last twenty years of astronomical site-testing in Antarctica. Suggestions are made for how to resolve some outstanding questions, such as the infrared sky background at Antarctic sites other than South Pole station.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013