Tiny ionospheric photometers on FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC: On-orbit performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7438, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Budzien, Scott ^a   Dymond, Kenneth ^a   Coker, Clayton ^a   Chua, Damien ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airglow; Ionosphere; Remote sensing; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

AIRGLOW; BUDGET CONSTRAINT; CROSS CALIBRATION; DENSITY GRADIENTS; DESIGN CHALLENGES; FORMOSAT-3; FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC; INSTRUMENT DESIGNS; IONOSPHERE AND CLIMATES; IONOSPHERIC STRUCTURES; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; MULTI-PASS; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE; ON-ORBIT SENSORS; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; RIGHT ASCENSIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ULTRAVIOLET;

COSMOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); INSTRUMENTS; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE OPTICS; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

ORBITS;

EID: 70449601998     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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