A Proposed Radio Environment Monitoring System of Ali Observatory

With its extremely dry air and high altitude above 5000 meters, the Ail Observatory located in the Tibet plateau has been a promising site for several astronomical instruments working in the optical or millimeter wave bands. In addition to protect the dark sky around the Ali Observatory, the measures to protect local radio environment have also been discussed. Based on the requirements of radio astronomical instruments, a radio environment monitoring system has been proposed. This paper describes the preliminary design of the system, including the technical specification and the system composition. In the near future, this system will be put into use.