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)
