Sensitivity calibration of digital colour cameras for auroral imaging

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 15623-15632

  Sigernes, Fred ^a   Holmes, Jeffrey Morgan ^a   Dyrland, Margit ^a   Lorentzen, Dag Arne ^a   Svenøe, Trond ^b   Heia, Karsten ^c   Aso, Takehiko ^d   Chernouss, Sergey ^e   Deehr, Charles Sterling ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COLOR; LIGHT SOURCES;

EXPOSURE-TIME; IMAGING CAPABILITIES; LOW SENSITIVITY; LOW-INTENSITY; MANUAL MODES; SENSITIVITY CALIBRATION; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; SPECTRAL RESPONSIVITY;

CAMERAS;

EID: 54749105458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.015623     Document Type: Article

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