Inflight performance characteristics, calibration, and utilization of the Galileo solid-state imaging camera

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3001-3027

  Klaasen, Kenneth P ^a,h,i,j   Belton, Michael J S ^b   Breneman, H Herbert ^a   McEwen, Alfred S ^c   Davies, Merton E ^d   Sullivan, Robert J ^e   Chapman, Clark R ^f   Neukum, Gerhard ^g   Heffernan, Catherine M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g ACA Ins App Chem Berlin Adiershof   (Germany)

^h CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^j Galileo Imaging Science Team   (United States)

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Author keywords

Astronomy; Calibration; Charge coupled device camera; Digital imaging; Remote sensing; Space instrumentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000154578     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601525     Document Type: Article

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