![The station at initial state in January 2002 -Courtesy of Paolo Calisse[1]](/wikimir/images/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Concordia02.jpg/180px-Concordia02.jpg) The station at initial state in January 2002 -Courtesy of Paolo Calisse[1] Concordia Research Station is a newly constructed facility located at 75°06′S 123°20′E, 3,233 m above sea level, on Dome C, Antarctic Plateau, Antarctica. Concordia Station is located 1,100km inland from the French research station at Dumont D'Urville, 1,100 km inland from the Australia's Casey Station and 1,200 km inland from the Italian Zucchelli Station at Terra Nova Bay. Russia's Vostok Station is 560km away. Dome C, also known as Dome Circe or Dome Charlie, ( 75° S 123° E) is a local feature of the Antarctic Plateau, and site of the Concordia scientific station. ...
The Antarctic Plateau is an area of the Antarctic continent, extending for a few hundred kilometres around the South Pole. ...
The Dumont dUrville Station (French: Base Dumont dUrville) is a French scientific station located in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipel de Pointe Géologie (66°40′ S 140°01′ E) in Adelie Land. ...
Casey Station is a permanent base in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). ...
Terra Nova Bay is a bay which is often ice free, about 64 km (40 mi) long, lying between Cape Washington and Drygalski Ice Tongue along the coast of Victoria Land. ...
Vostok Station is a Russian research station located near the Geomagnetic South Pole (see South Pole), at the center of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. ...
Concordia Station is the third permanent, all-year research station on the Antarctic Plateau alongside Vostok Station and the Amundsen-Scott Station at the Geographic South Pole. It is jointly operated by scientists from France and Italy. The Antarctic Plateau is an area of the Antarctic continent, extending for a few hundred kilometres around the South Pole. ...
Vostok Station is a Russian research station located near the Geomagnetic South Pole (see South Pole), at the center of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. ...
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The ceremonial South Pole. ...
History
In 1992, the France decided to build a new station on the Antarctic Plateau. The program was later joined by Italy. In 1996, a French-Italian team established a summer camp at Dome C. The two main objectives of the camp were the provision of logistical support for the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) and the construction of a permanent research station. The new all-year facility, Concordia Station, became operational in 2005. The first winterover began with a staff of 13 in February 2005. The Antarctic Plateau is an area of the Antarctic continent, extending for a few hundred kilometres around the South Pole. ...
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band which puts emphasis on the use of operatic elements, also employing death grunts and song passages in the Latin language. ...
Access Most of the cargo is moved to Dome C by traverse from Dumont d'Urville Station, covering 1,200 km in 7 to 12 days depending on weather conditions. Station personnel and light cargo arrive by air, using Twin Otter aircraft. The Dumont dUrville Station (French: Base Dumont dUrville) is a French scientific station located in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipel de Pointe Géologie (66°40′ S 140°01′ E) in Adelie Land. ...
Environment Dome C is one of the coldest places on Earth. Temperatures hardly rise above -25°C in summer and can fall below -80°C in winter. The annual average air temperature is -54.5°C. Humidity is low and it is also very dry, with very little precipitation throughout the year.
Dome C does not experience the katabatic winds typical for the coastal regions of Antarctica because of its elevated location and its relative distance from the edges the Antarctic Plateau. Typical wind speed in winter is 2.8 m/s. A katabatic wind, from the Greek word katabatikos meaning going downhill, is a wind that blows down a topographic incline such as a hill, mountain, or glacier. ...
The Antarctic Plateau is an area of the Antarctic continent, extending for a few hundred kilometres around the South Pole. ...
Dome C is situated on top of the Antarctic Plateau, the world's largest desert. No animals or plants live at a distance of more than a few tenths of kilometers from the Southern Ocean. However, skuas have been spotted while overflying the station, 1,200 km away from their nearest food sources. It is believed that these birds have learned to cross the continent instead of circumnavigating it. The Antarctic Plateau is an area of the Antarctic continent, extending for a few hundred kilometres around the South Pole. ...
For other uses: see Skua (disambiguation). ...
Glaciology In the 1970s, Dome C was the site of ice core drilling by field teams of several nations. In the 1990s, Dome C was chosen for deep ice core drilling by the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA). Drilling at Dome C began in 1996 and was completed on December 21, 2004, reaching a drilling depth of 3270.2 m, 5 m above bedrock. The age of the oldest recovered ice is estimated to be ca. 900,000 years.[2] Dome C, also known as Dome Circe or Dome Charlie, ( 75° S 123° E) is a local feature of the Antarctic Plateau, and site of the Concordia scientific station. ...
Ice Core sample taken from drill. ...
Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band which puts emphasis on the use of operatic elements, also employing death grunts and song passages in the Latin language. ...
Astronomy Concordia Station has been identified as a suitable location for extremely accurate astronomical observations. The transparency of the Antarctic atmosphere permits the observation of stars even when the sun is at an elevation angle of 38°. Other advantages include the very low infrared sky emission, the the high percentage of cloud-free time and the and the low aerosol and dust content of the atmosphere. The Sun is the star at the center of our Solar system. ...
Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than that of visible light, but shorter than that of microwave radiation. ...
Cumulus of fair weather A cloud is a visible mass of condensed droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body. ...
http://visibleearth. ...
Dust is a general name for minute solid particles of diameters less than 500 micrometers (otherwise see sand or granulates) and, more generally, for finely divided matter. ...
Saturns atmosphere is made up of hydorgen, helium and methane ...
Writing in the Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Karim Agabi et al discuss the suitability of the site for astronomy in terms of the seeing.[3] Their key finding: Schematic diagram illustrating how optical wavefronts from a distant star may be perturbed by a turbulent layer in the atmosphere. ...
- The median seeing measured with a DIMM placed on top of a 8.5 m high tower is 1.3+-0.8 arcseconds.
This is significantly worse than most major observatory sites, but similar to other observatories in Antarctica. However, Lawrence et al[4] consider other features of the site and conclude that "Dome C is the best ground-based site to develop a new astronomical observatory". Note however that this was written before whole-atmospheric seeing measurements had been made at Dome C. In probability theory and statistics, the median is a number that separates the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution from the lower half. ...
Two types of DIMMs: a 168-pin SDRAM module (top) and a 184-pin DDR SDRAM module (bottom). ...
A second of arc or arcsecond is a unit of angular measurement which comprises one-sixtieth of an arcminute, or 1/3600 of a degree of arc or 1/1296000 ≈ 7. ...
The experiments to measure the astronomical conditions at the site were controlled by a computer system that had to supervise the generation of its own electricity using a jet-fuel powered stirling engine. The computer, running Linux, communicated with the outside world using an Iridium phone.[5] A Stirling engine and generator set with 55 kW electrical output, for combined heat and power applications. ...
Tux is the official Linux mascot. ...
The Iridium satellite constellation is a system of 66 active communication satellites and spares around the Earth. ...
See also Epica is a Dutch symphonic metal band which puts emphasis on the use of operatic elements, also employing death grunts and song passages in the Latin language. ...
Ice Core sample taken from drill. ...
Dome C, also known as Dome Circe or Dome Charlie, ( 75° S 123° E) is a local feature of the Antarctic Plateau, and site of the Concordia scientific station. ...
Dome A or Dome Argus (81°0′S 77°0′E) is an Antarctican plateau located 1200 kilometres inland. ...
The Dumont dUrville Station (French: Base Dumont dUrville) is a French scientific station located in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipel de Pointe Géologie (66°40′ S 140°01′ E) in Adelie Land. ...
Vostok Station is a Russian research station located near the Geomagnetic South Pole (see South Pole), at the center of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. ...
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Casey Station is a permanent base in Antarctica managed by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). ...
External links - The unofficial Dome C FAQ (Paolo G. Calisse)
- Another Dome C FAQ (Guillaume Dargaud)
- First Winterover at Concordia Station (2005) blog by Guillaume Dargaud
- 2nd Winterover at Concordia Station (2006) blog by Eric Aristidi, LUAN (Laboratoire Universitaire d'Astrophysique de Nice)
- Official website of Concordia Station Institut Polaire Français - Paule Emile Victor (IPEV) and Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (PNRA)
- COMNAP description of the base
- Automated Astrophysical Site-Testing International Observatory (AASTINO)
References - ^ Abdelkrim Agabi, Eric Aristidi, Max Azouit, Eric Fossat, Francois Martin, Tatiana Sadibekova, Jean Vernin, Aziz Ziad (2005). First whole atmosphere night-time seeing measurements at Dome C, Antarctica. Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
- ^ Alfred-Wegener-Institut (2005-01-13). In the Cornucopia of the European Project of Ice Coring in Antarctica: the oldest Antarctic ice core. Press Release.
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