Extinction correction and on-sky calibration of SCUBA-2

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7741, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Dempsey, Jessica T ^a   Friberg, Per ^a   Jenness, Tim ^a   Bintley, Dan ^a   Holland, Wayne S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calibration; opacity; submillimeter

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL SIGNALS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC OPACITY; CALIBRATION SOURCE; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; SCUBA-2; SKY-NOISE; SOURCE FLUX; STANDARD METHOD; SUBMILLIMETERS;

ASTRONOMY; DETECTORS; INFRARED DETECTORS; OPACITY;

CALIBRATION;

EID: 77956242548     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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