On-orbit calibration of the tiny ionospheric photometer on the COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 satellites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7438, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dymond, Kenneth F ^a   Budzien, Scott A ^a   Coker, Clayton ^a   Chua, Damien H ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; COSMIC; FORMOSAT 3; Ionosphere; Photometer; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW EMISSIONS; BAND PASS; CESIUM IODIDES; CONSTELLATION OBSERVING SYSTEM FOR METEOROLOGY , IONOSPHERE , AND CLIMATES; COSMIC; FORMOSAT-3; GLOBAL POSITIONING SATELLITE RECEIVERS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; LONG WAVELENGTH; NIGHT-TIME IONOSPHERE; OFF-AXIS PARABOLIC; ON-ORBIT; ON-ORBIT CALIBRATION; OXYGEN IONS; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; PRIME-FOCUS; RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION; STRONTIUM FLUORIDE; TOMOGRAPHIC INVERSION; ULTRAVIOLET;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CALIBRATION; CESIUM; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COSMOLOGY; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; LEAKAGE (FLUID); OXYGEN; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SATELLITES; STRONTIUM;

DENSITY MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 70449560640     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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