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Possibilities For Situating A 1km 2 Array. Stephen Fegan (UCLA). Lessons From Simulations. Simulations show elevation effect not so large. Can compensate with: Slightly larger dish Higher QE Construction and operation costs grow dramatically with elevation above 3.5km
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Possibilities For Situating A 1km2 Array Stephen Fegan(UCLA)
Lessons From Simulations • Simulations show elevation effect not so large. • Can compensate with: • Slightly larger dish • Higher QE • Construction and operation costs grow dramatically with elevation above 3.5km • ALMA: O2 required for all work at 5km • Construction with portable O2 tanks • Control building has O2 plumbing • Consider here viable sites from 3-4km Possibilities For Situating A Square Kilometer Array Fegan, UCLA
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission • NASA / NGA • STS-99, Feb 2000, 11 day on Endeavour • Surface elevation using radar interferometry • Between latitude of -56 and +60 (80% of world) • 1 arcsec horizontal accuracy (30m at equator) • 16m vertical accuracy • Data publicly available from JPL / USGS / GLCF Possibilities For Situating A Square Kilometer Array Fegan, UCLA
SRTM Data Visualization From NASA/JPL http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ Possibilities For Situating A Square Kilometer Array Fegan, UCLA
SRTM Site Search • Search SRTM preliminary data set for • Contiguous circular region • With radius 720m (9×80m / 1.6km2) • At elevation >2500m • Flat to 100m • Ignoring voids in data Possibilities For Situating A Square Kilometer Array Fegan, UCLA
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Hawaii NASA Landsat / GLCF / http://landcover.org/ From Yahoo Travel http://travel.yahoo.com/ Possibilities For Situating A Square Kilometer Array Fegan, UCLA
Hawaii – Mauna Loa (Active Volcano) Hawaii – Mauna Loa Distance N-S [km] NASA SRTM and Landsat data from JPL : http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ GLCF : http://landcover.org/ Distance E-W [km] Possibilities For Situating A Square Kilometer Array Fegan, UCLA
Mexico – Mexico City (Metro Region) Mexico – Mexico City Distance N-S [km] NASA SRTM and Landsat data from JPL : http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ GLCF : http://landcover.org/ Distance E-W [km] Possibilities For Situating A Square Kilometer Array Fegan, UCLA
Ecuador Distance N-S [km] NASA SRTM and Landsat data from JPL : http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ GLCF : http://landcover.org/ Distance E-W [km] Possibilities For Situating A Square Kilometer Array Fegan, UCLA