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Author Sims, G., M. C. B. Ashley, X. Cui, J. R. Everett, L. Feng, X. Gong, S. Hengst, Z. Hu, C. Kulesa, J. S. Lawrence, D. M. Luong-Van, P. Ricaud, Z. Shang, J. W. V. Storey, L. Wang, H. Yang, J. Yang, X. Zhou, Z. Zhu doi  openurl
  Title Precipitable Water Vapor above Dome A, Antarctica, Determined from Diffuse Optical Sky Spectra Type Journal Article
  Year (down) 2012 Publication Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 124 Issue 911 Pages 74-83  
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  Abstract The high altitudes and extremely low temperatures of the Antarctic plateau result in an exceedingly low atmospheric water vapor content. In this article we estimate the precipitable water vapor at Dome A using optical spectra of the diffuse solar irradiance in the zenith direction. The spectra were obtained from the Nigel spectrometer at Dome A during 2009. We find that the Nigel spectra contain sufficient information to extract daily average water vapor estimates, which agree with satellite observations to within ± 0.22 mm . Finally, we use these water vapor estimates to model the optical and near-IR transmission (between 700 nm and 2.5 μm) of Dome A to demonstrate significant advantages gained in this wavelength range and compare it with that of Paranal and Chajnantor, two midlatitude observatories.  
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  ISSN 0004-6280 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference  
  Notes Approved yes  
  Call Number Serial 3632  
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