Phase compensation of a separation scanned, all-sky imaging Fabry-Perot spectrometer for auroral studies

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 5441-5450

  Conde, M ^a   Smith, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CALIBRATION; ETALONS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SCANNING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALL SKY IMAGING SPECTROMETER; BRIGHTNESS FLUCTUATIONS; PHASE COMPENSATION; SEPARATION SCANNED FABRY-PEROT ETALON;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0031212660     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.005441     Document Type: Article

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