Site Selection Documentation
Here you can find a range of Adobe Acrobat (PDF) and zipped files comprising detailed reports from SKA scientists, policy and decision makers over the course of the SKA’s site selection process . Additional documentation may in future be uploaded here, so please bookmark and check back regularly.
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| Final Reports | zip of docs 4.6 MB
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| SKA Site Advisory Committee (SSAC) Report and Recommendation (16 Feb 2012) | |
| SKA Siting Group (SSG) Report on Validation of the SKA Site Selection Process (16 Feb 2012) | |
| SKA Siting Options Working Group Report (May 2012) | |
| Presentations to the SKA Board of Directors | zip of docs 2.3 MB |
| SSG presentation (19 Mar 2012) | |
| SSAC presentation (rev 21 Mar 2012) | |
| Responses to the SSAC Report | zip of docs 1.2 MB |
| Australia and New Zealand Response – Covering Letter | |
| Australia and New Zealand Response – Covering Letter – Technical Response | |
| South Africa Response | |
| SKA Board of Directors Commentary on the SSAC Report | |
| Expert Report and Supporting Material – Ionospheric Turbulence (Factor 1) | zip of docs 16.6 MB |
| Report on ionospheric turbulence over the candidate sites in South Africa and Australia | |
| Report on the behaviour of Total Electron Content over candidate sites for SKA location (Report 1); Report on other ionospheric parameters for the candidate sites for the SKA location and an overall summary (Report 2). | |
| Ionospheric Scintillation Impact Report | |
| The Australian Ionosphere | |
| Hermanus Magnetic Observatory: Information and analysis of ionospheric conditions at proposed SKA sites | |
| Ionospheric Scintillation Impact Report: South African SKA Site | |
| Ionospheric Scintillation Impact Report: West Australian SKA Site | |
| Hermanus Magnetic Observatory: Correlation between energetic charged particle precipitation over the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly and L-band Ionospheric Scintillation over South Africa: Investigation in support of SA’s SKA bid. | |
| Review of “Correlation between energetic charged precipitation over the South Atlantic Anomaly and L-band Ionospheric Scintillation over South Africa: Investigation of SA’s SKA Bid” by B. Opperman and P. Cilliers | |
| Expert and SPDO Reports and Supporting Material – RFI (Factor 2) | zip of docs 367 MB |
| SPDO Report on Impact of RFI at Remote Sites (full version) | |
| SPDO Report on Impact of RFI at Remote Sites (anonymous version) | |
| SPDO Report on Impact of RFI at Remote Sites (REVISED full version) | |
| Annotated Overview of RFI at Candidate SKA Core Sites | |
| Expert Panel Report on Radio Frequency Interference | |
| Expert Panel Report on Radio Frequency Interference with addendum final | |
| RFI Impact at Candidate Remote Site Stations – Australia Edition | |
| RFI Impact at Candidate Remote Site Stations – Southern Africa Edition | |
| SKA site spectrum monitoring, measurement program and data processing | |
| SKA site spectrum monitoring, measurement program and data processing: Fast Scanning Mode (Site X) Reports | zip |
| SKA site spectrum monitoring, measurement program and data processing: Fast Scanning Mode (Candidate Sites) Reports | zip |
| SKA site spectrum monitoring, measurement program and data processing: Fast Scanning Mode (Site Y) Reports | zip |
| SKA site spectrum monitoring, measurement program and data processing: High Sensitivity Mode (Site X) Reports | zip |
| SKA site spectrum monitoring, measurement program and data processing: High Sensitivity Mode (Site Y) Reports | zip |
| SKA site spectrum monitoring, measurement program and data processing: High Sensitivity Mode (Candidate Sites) Reports | zip |
| SKA site spectrum monitoring, measurement program and data processing: Max Hold Mode Report | |
| SKA site spectrum monitoring, measurement program and data processing: Rural Mode Report | |
| Expert Report – Radio Quiet Zone and RFI Regulation (Factor 3) | – |
| Expert Panel on Radio Quiet Zone and RFI Regulation Report | |
| Consultant Reports – Long Term RFI Environment (Factor 4) | zip of docs 1.8 MB |
| Long Term RFI Environment Report (10 Nov 2011) | |
| Revised Long Term RFI Environment Report (23 Nov 2011) | |
| Expert Report and Supporting Material – Array Science Performance (Factor 5) | zip of docs 47 MB |
| Array Configurations for Candidate SKA Sites: Design and Analysis | |
| Capacities Specific Programme Research Infrastructures | |
| The Square Kilometre Array Design Reference Mission: SKA-mid and SKA-lo | |
| Preliminary Specifications for the Square Kilometre Array | |
| Configurations: Proposal for altered dish distribution | |
| Summary of Configuration Parameters | |
| Configurations: Intermediate dish distribution | |
| Summary of the SPDO/AUS configurations for SKA2 | |
| Report on CTF visit to South Africa | |
| Figures of Merit for SKA Configuration Analysis | |
| Quality Indicators for the MM Array | |
| SKA array configuration studies – a guide for SKA site proposers | |
| SKA Mask Specifications | |
| Reanalysis of buffer zones | |
| SPDO Report – Site Physical Characteristics (Factor 6) | – |
| Summary Report on Site Physical Characteristics | |
| Expert and SPDO Reports and Supporting Material – Tropospheric Turbulence (Factor 7) | zip of docs 13.5 MB |
| Tropospheric stability at candidate sites | |
| Preliminary Executive Summary of Report of the Expert Panel on Tropospheric Turbulence (30 Nov 2011) | |
| Report of the Expert Panel on Tropospheric Turbulence (3 Dec 2011) | |
| Tropospheric Stability at Candidate Sites – Australian Edition | |
| Tropospheric Stability at Candidate Sites – South Africa Edition | |
| Expert Report and Supporting Material – Political; Socio Economic and Financial (Factor 8) | – |
| Primary bid material was used for the SSAC evaluation of Factor 8. | – |
| Consultant Reports – Customs and Excise (Factor 9) |
300 KB |
| Indirect Tax RFI Review – Australia | |
| Indirect Tax RFI Review – South Africa | |
| Consultant Report – Legal (Factor 10) | – |
| Review of Candidate’s Responses to Section 10 of the RFI | |
| Consultant Report – Security (Factor 11) | – |
| Security Assessment Report, 21 Nov 2011 | |
| Expert and SPDO Reports – Employment (Factor 12) and Working and Support Environment (Factor 13) | zip of docs 300 KB |
| Report of the SSEC Sub-committee on Employment & Working and Support Environment | |
| Materials used by SSEC Sub-Committee on Employment and Working Environment | |
| Consultant Reports – Basic Infrastructure (Factor 14) | zip of docs 500 KB |
| Assessment of the Australia-New Zealand Submission – Basic Infrastructure | |
| Assessment of the South Africa Submission – Basic Infrastructure | |
| Expert Reports and Supporting Material – Data Transport (Factor 15) |
400 KB |
| Expert Panel on the Provision of Data Transport Assessment of the Response to the RFI from Australia and New Zealand | |
| Expert Panel on the Provision of Data Transport Assessment of the Response to the RFI from South Africa | |
| Memorandum from Expert Panel on the Provision of Data Transport | |
| Consultant Report and Supporting Material –Provision and Cost of Electrical Power (Factor 16) | zip of docs 500 KB |
| Question of clarification on Power Provision report | |
| Assessment of the Australian Site Submission – Power | |
| Assessment of the South African Site Submission – Power | |
| SPDO Report – Consolidated Costs (Factor 17) | – |
| Summary Report on Costs | |
| Responses to Request for Information (RFI) | zip of docs 1.4 GB |
| Australia and New Zealand Response to RFI | |
| South Africa Bid Letter of Introduction | |
| South Africa Response to RFI | |
| Annexure A and B Preface and All Individual Reports (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure C Basic Infrastructure (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure D Power (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure E RQZ (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure F Physical Characteristics (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure F Errata: Physical-Characteristics-of-the-Site (South Africa) | |
| Annexure F10 Wind-Roses (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure H Socio Economic and Political (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure I Customs and Excise (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure J Legal (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure K Security (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure L Employment (South Africa) | zip |
| Annexure M Working and Support Environment (South Africa) | zip |
Uncategorised Reports
Callisto Report on Crogenic Cooling – Download report here. (8MB)