Site selection for a radio astronomy observatory in Turkey: atmospherical, meteorological, and radio frequency analyses

KÜÇÜK I., Uler I., ÖZ S., ONAY S., ÖZDEMİR A. R., GÜLŞEN M., ...Daha Fazla

EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY, cilt.33, sa.1, ss.1-26, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10686-011-9264-z
  • Dergi Adı: EXPERIMENTAL ASTRONOMY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-26
  • Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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Selecting the future site for a large Turkish radio telescope is a key issue. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is now in the stage of construction at a site near Karaman City, in Turkey. A single-dish parabolic radio antenna of 30–40 m will be installed near a building that will contain offices, laboratories, and living accommodations. After a systematic survey of atmospheric, meteorological, and radio frequency interference (RFI) analyses, site selection studies were performed in a predetermined location in Turkey during 2007 and 2008. In this paper, we described the experimental procedure and the RFI measurements on our potential candidate’s sites in Turkey, covering the frequency band from 1 to 40 GHz.