Investigaciones en el desierto de Atacama Centro UC Desierto de Atacama - Estación Atacama UC, Oasis de Niebla Alto Patache

Multi-annual climate in Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar, Atacama Desert, Chile Clima multianual en el Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar, Desierto de Atacama, Chile

The lomas formations of the Peruvian and Atacama deserts are characterized by both climatic and floristic spatial heterogeneity, as well as non-contiguous pockets of relatively distinct flora. We examined two distinct types of communities in Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar in Chile, the low-elevation arroyo and bajada community, and the high-elevation fog-zone community. We determined the distrib...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) project is described. This multi-institution collaboration aims to produce arcminute-resolution and micro-Kelvin sensitivity maps of the microwave background temperature over 200 square degrees of the sky in three frequency bands. We give a brief overview of the scientific motivations for such a map, followed by a design outline of our six-meter custom tele...

The Bulimulidae (Mollusca: Pulmonata) from the Región de Atacama, northern Chile

The bulimulid genus Bostryx Troschel, 1847 is the most species-rich genus of land snails found in Chile, with the majority of its species found only in the northern part of the country, usually in arid coastal zones. This genus has been sparsely studied in Chile and there is little information on their distribution, diversity or ecology. Here, for the first time, a formal analysis of the divers...

El Centro Multimedia de Galicia: un modelo de colaboración entre el sector público y el privado en el desarrollo de e-learning

ISSN 1932-8540 © IEEE Abstract—Quality assurance is one of the most critical aspects of e-learning. This challenge is even more demanding when related to an initiative promoted by a public administration – the regional government of Galicia, Spain – targeted to continuing education in a rapidly evolving economical sector. Can we assess that our course portfolio matches the needs of our audience...

The Atacama Compact Array System