The Results of Astroclimate Observations in the Short-Wave Length Interval of the Millimeter-Wave Range on the Suffa Plateau

• Published in: Radiophysics and quantum electronics Vol. 59; no. 8-9; pp. 763 - 771
• Main Authors: Bubnov, G. M., Artemenko, Yu. N., Vdovin, V. F., Danilevsky, D. B., Zinchenko, I. I., Nosov, V. I., Nikiforov, P. L., Shanin, G. I., Raupov, D. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 2017; Springer
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Construction sites; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Intervals; Lasers; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Meteorological balloons; Millimeter waves; Nuclear Physics; Observations and Techniques; Optical Devices; Optics; Parameters; Photonics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum electronics; Quantum Optics; Rankings; Sea level; Theoretical
• ISSN: 0033-8443; 1573-9120
• DOI: 10.1007/s11141-017-9745-7

In this work, we present the results of seasonal astroclimate observations at the RT-70 radiotelescope construction site on the Suffa Plateau (2400 m above sea level). Observations were performed automatically each 11 min round the year starting from November 2014. The shortand long-term laws of variations in the atmospheric-transparency parameters are considered and the statistical diagrams are developed. The statistical data characterizing the astroclimate and allowing one to predict the possibility of radio-astronomy observations in the transparency windows of the millimeter- and submillimeter-wavelength ranges are the basic result of this work.