On-orbit characterization and performance of the HIRAAS instruments aboard ARGOS: LORAAS sensor performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4485, Issue , 2002, Pages 349-360

  Budzien, Scott A ^a   Dymond, Kenneth F ^a   Thonnard, Stefan E ^a   Nicholas, Andrew C ^a   Diez, Dustin M ^a   McCoy, Robert P ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Instrumentation; Ionosphere; Remote sensing; Spectroscopy; Thermosphere; UV

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; IMAGE SENSORS; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; ORBITS; PERFORMANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHER SATELLITES;

FIELD OF VIEW; HIGH RESOLUTION AIRGLOW AND AURORAL SPECTROSCOPY INSTRUMENTS; LIMB SCANNER; LOW RESOLUTION AIRGLOW AND AURORA SPECTROGRAPH; THERMOSPHERE;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPHS;

EID: 0036396659     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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