Optimum observing modes for the Herschel/SPIRE photometer system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6270, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sibthorpe, Bruce ^a   Waskett, Tim J ^a   Griffin, Matthew J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Observing mode; Optimisation; Simulation; SPIRE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; SPECTROMETERS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETERS; OBSERVING MODES; PHOTOMETER SYSTEMS; SPIRE;

PHOTOMETERS;

EID: 33749024865     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.671153     Document Type: Conference Paper

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