Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica

Cara Science: Related Links

(not every instrument has a web page yet -- for basic information on each, see this page which links to 'thumbnail' sketches of each instrument.)

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
- Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver (ACBAR) (1999-date)
- Degree Angular Scale Interferometer (DASI) (1999-date)
- Viper (1997-date)
- Python (1992-1997)
- White Dish (1992-1993)
Submillimeter
- Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory (AST/RO) (1994-date)
- Submillimeter Polarimeter for Antarctic Remote Observing (SPARO) (1999-date)
- South Pole Imaging Fabry-Perot Interferometer (SPIFI) (instrument under construction)
Infrared Experiments
- South Pole Infrared Explorer (SPIREX)
  - Abu (1997-1999)
  - Grism Imager (GRIM) (1993-1997)
Site Testing
- South Pole Infrared Array Camera (SPIRAC) Mid-infrared Imager/Spectrometer Telescope (1995-date)
- Automated Astrophysical Site Testing Observatory (AASTO) (1996-date)
- SPIREX/HDIMM (seeing measurements) (1996-date)
- Infrared Photometer/Spectrometer (IRPS) Near-infrared Site Characterization Instrument (1993-1996)
- Balloon Microthermal Measurements (1995)
- Tower Microthermal Measurements (1994)

AMANDA. The Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array, which is CARA's neighbor in the "Dark Sector" at South Pole.
Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (JACARA). JACARA is a CARA collaborator.
Raytheon Polar Services Company. Raytheon handles logistics for most of the National Science Foundation's programs in Antarctica.
The National Science Foundation's Polar Research Page and Office of Polar Programs.
International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research (ICAIR), out of New Zealand. See especially their webpage on Antarctic Science.
CARA's SPIREX was the only observatory in the world that had the capability to observe all of the impacts of Comet SL9 into Jupiter in 1994. The NSSDC has a nice summary of the SPIREX SL9 images.
Douglas MacAyeal, a geophysicist and glaciologist here at the University of Chicago, studies the glaciers in West Antarctica, among other things.
ANSMET, the Antarctic Search for Meteorites.
Davis Station, Antarctica.
Coldtech, developing technology that works under the extremely cold arctic/antarctic conditions.
Website at the South Pole -- only works for about 14 hours a day, when the satellites are up.

The Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) (part of NOAA) maintains the Clean Air Facility at the South Pole.
Current weather at the South Pole (from the CMDL).
Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) from Wisconsin has the latest Antarctic composite.
Antarctic Meteorology Online from the British Antarctic Survey.
Antarctica natural features. (Map, with Blue, Sei, and Humpback Whales, Emperor and Adelie Penguins, Elephant and Leopard Seals, Ice Shelves, Ice sheets, Icebergs, and Glaciers marked.)
U.S. CIA map of Research Stations and Territorial Claims.
A relative plate motion calculator that includes Antarctica.