Early 2015, the University of Santiago in close collaboration with the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH), deployed its second Transportable Antarctic Research Platform (TARP-02) on King George Island (62° 12’ S; 58° 57’ W, Antarctic Peninsula). The platform became operational early 2016 supporting state-of-the-art spectral measurements of the solar irradiance aimed at the retrieval of the total ozone column (TOC), the aerosol optical depth (AOD), the precipitable water (PW), and the cloud modification factor (CMF). These parameters are expected to change in the upcoming decades as a consequence of both the ozone layer recovery and climate change (CC).
About the Team
José Jorquera Marta Caballero Edgardo Sepulveda Braulio Valdevenito Sergio Correa Pedro Llanillo José Manuel Azocar Juan Manuel Carrera Juan A. Alfonso Raúl R. Cordero.