The smart panoramic optical sensor head (SPOSH)A camera for observations of transient luminous events on planetary night sides

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Oberst, J ^a,b   Flohrer, J ^a   Elgner, S ^a   Maue, T ^c   Margonis, A ^a,b   Schrdter, R ^a   Tost, W ^a   Buhl, M ^b   Ehrich, J ^d   Christou, A ^e   Koschny, D ^f  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d Jena Optronik GmbH   (Germany)

^e ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aurorae; Impact flashes; Lightning; Meteors; SPOSH

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR SPEED; AURORAE; BACK-ILLUMINATED; CCD CHIP; DATA TRANSMISSION RATES; EVENT DETECTION; FULL RESOLUTIONS; GEOMETRIC RESOLUTION; HIGH RATE; IMPACT FLASH; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; LOW LIGHT LEVEL; METEORS; NEW SCIENCE; PLANETARY MISSION; PROCESSING UNITS; RADIOMETRIC PERFORMANCE; SPACECRAFT SYSTEM; SPOSH; TRANSIENT EVENTS; TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS; WIDE FIELD OF VIEW;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LIGHTNING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

CAMERAS;

EID: 78650173769     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.09.016     Document Type: Article

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