Assessment and mission planning capability for quantitative aerothermodynamic flight measurements using remote imaging

40th AIAA Thermophysics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Horvath, Thomas ^a,d   Berry, Scott ^a,d   Splinter, Scott ^a,e   Daryabeigi, Kamran ^a,e   Wood, William ^a,d   Schwartz, Richard ^b   Ross, Martin ^c,f  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Aerothermodynamics Branch   (United States)

^e Structural Mechanics and Concepts Branch   (United States)

^f Space Launch Projects ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TASKS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; BEST-PRACTICES; BOUNDARY LAYER TRANSITIONS; DETECTOR RESPONSE; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; FLIGHT DATA; FLIGHT MEASUREMENTS; FLIGHT TEST; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HYPERSONIC FLIGHTS; HYPERVELOCITIES; INFRARED IMAGERY; INFRARED SIGNATURE; INTEGRATION TIME; KEY ELEMENTS; LOW PROBABILITY; MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY; MISSION EXECUTION; MISSION PLANNING; OPERATIONAL ASPECTS; OPERATIONAL ASSETS; PRE-FLIGHT; PRE-PLANNING; REMOTE IMAGING; RETURN TO FLIGHT; SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS; SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAMS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TARGET ACQUISITION; THERMAL IMAGERY; TRACKING SYSTEM; US NAVY;

HYPERSONIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; NASA; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78049356878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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