@inproceedings{c3bb852fe5f84c59b93dcaf8f1206977,
title = "The PLATO Antarctic site testing observatory",
abstract = "![CDATA[Over a decade of site testing in Antarctica has shown that both South Pole and Dome C are xceptional sites for astronomy, with certain atmospheric conditions superior to those at existing mid-latitude sites. However, the highest point on the Antarctic plateau, Dome A, is expected to experience colder atmospheric temperatures, lower wind speeds, and a turbulent boundary layer that is confined closer to the ground. The Polar Research Institute of China, who were the first to visit the Dome A site in January 2005, plan to establish a permanently manned station there within the next decade. As part of this process they conducted a second expedition to Dome A, arriving via overland traverse in January 2008. This traverse involved the delivery and installation of the PLATeau Observatory (PLATO). PLATO is an automated self-powered astrophysical site testing observatory, developed by the University of New South Wales. A number of international institutions have contributed site testing instruments measuring turbulence, optical sky background, and sub-millimetre transparency. In addition, a set of science instruments are providing wide-field high time resolution optical photometry and terahertz imaging of the Galaxy. We present here an overview of the PLATO system design and instrumentation suite.]]",
author = "Lawrence, {J. S.} and Allen, {G. R.} and Ashley, {M. C. B.} and C. Bonner and S. Bradley and X. Cui and Everett, {J. R.} and L. Feng and X. Gong and S. Hengst and J. Hu and Z. Jiang and Kulesa, {C. A.} and Y. Li and D. Luong-Van and Moore, {A. M.} and C. Pennypacker and W. Qin and R. Riddle and Z. Shang and Tothill, {N. F. H.}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1117/12.787166",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819472229",
publisher = "SPIE",
booktitle = "Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7012. Groundbased and Airborne Telescopes II: 23-28 June 2008, Marseille, France",
note = "Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes (Conference) ; Conference date: 23-06-2008",
}