Performance evaluation of the Herschel/SPIRE imaging Fourier transform spectrometer through ground-based measurements

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Spencer, Locke D ^a   Naylor, David A ^a   Swinyard, Bruce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herschel Space Observatory; Imaging Fourier transform spectroscopy; Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION MEASUREMENTS; COMPENSATION SCHEME; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPY; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HERSCHEL; HERSCHEL SPACE OBSERVATORIES; IMAGING FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER; INSTRUMENT LINE SHAPES; INSTRUMENT PERFORMANCE; LINE EMISSIONS; MACH-ZEHNDER; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT; SPECTRAL AND PHOTOMETRIC IMAGING RECEIVERS; STARBURST GALAXIES; THEORETICAL SIMULATION;

BOLOMETERS; BUILDINGS; ION BEAMS; OBSERVATORIES; PHOTOMETRY; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOELECTRICITY; TOWERS;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

EID: 77952515556     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/21/6/065601     Document Type: Article

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