The results of observations of atmospheric absorption on the Suffa plateau in the period 2015–2020 in the millimeter range
Abstract
The results of atmospheric absorption measurements at the RT-70 Radio Astronomy Observatory on the Suffa plateau (Uzbekistan, λ = 65 ◦ 26 ' , φ = 39 ◦ 37 ' , h = 2500 m) are presented. The observations were carried out automatically every 11 minutes during one year, from January 2015 to November 2020, using the MIAP-2 measuring complex. Seasonal changes in atmospheric absorption and the amount of precipitated water in the atmosphere are considered, statistical diagrams are constructed. The main result of the work is statistical data characterizing the astroclimate, allowing to predict the possibility of radio astronomical observations in the transparency windows of the millimeter wavelength range.
- Publication:
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INASAN Science Reports
- Pub Date:
- November 2023
- DOI:
- 10.51194/INASAN.2023.8.3.009
- Bibcode:
- 2023INASR...8..155I
- Keywords:
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- atmospheric absorption;
- amount of precipitated water;
- interstellar atoms;
- molecules;
- ground-space communication;
- remote sensing of the Earth