# Stability of the Submillimeter Brightness of the Atmosphere Above Mauna Kea, Chajnantor and the South Pole

Source: [Stability of the Submillimeter Brightness of the Atmosphere Above Mauna Kea, Chajnantor and the South Pole](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa259e2c2a3760193b225b>)

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Authors: J. B. Peterson, S. J. E. Radford, P. A. R. Ade, R. A. Chamberlin, M. J. O'Kelly, K. M. Peterson, E. Schartman

Published: 2002-11-07T02:03:33.000Z

## Abstract

The summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the area near Cerro Chajnantor in Chile, and the South Pole are sites of large millimeter or submillimeter wavelength telescopes. We have placed 860 GHz sky brightness monitors at all three sites and present a comparative study of the measured submillimeter brightness due to atmospheric thermal emission. We report the stability of that quantity at each site.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211134>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0211134.pdf>)