Submillimeter Receiver Laboratory - FTS data archive

The SAO Submillimeter Receiver Lab operates a Fourier transform spectrometer, used to characterize potential observing sites for ground-based submillimeter-wavelength radio astronomy. A description of the instrument, and a summary of data reduction procedures, may be found in A Fourier Transform Spectrometer for Measurement of Atmospheric Transmission at Submillimeter Wavelengths, Scott Paine, Raymond Blundell, D. Cosmo Papa, John W. Barrett, & Simon J. E. Radford, PASP, 112, 108 (January 2000).

The data accessible from the links below are available for community use on the following basis:

• The files are likely to be stable, but may be revised at any time.
• Data quality varies according to the condition of the instrument at a particular time.
• Contact us before making use of this data in any publication, internal memo, presentation, etc.

Chajnantor zenith sky brightness temperature spectra, 1997Oct - 1999Dec (also available as plot images)
(Revised 2004 Oct 19)

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Last modified 2004 Oct 19
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