In-orbit measurement of the AOS (acousto-optical spectrometer) response using frequency comb signals

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 977-983

  Mizobuchi, Satoko ^a   Kikuchi, Ken Ichi ^b   Ochiai, Satoshi ^b   Nishibori, Toshiyuki ^a   Sano, Takuki ^a   Tamaki, Kenta ^c   Ozeki, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AOS; comb generator; Response function; spectrometer

Indexed keywords

AOS; COMB GENERATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREQUENCY AXIS; FREQUENCY COMB GENERATORS; FREQUENCY COMBS; IN-ORBIT; NOISE CHARACTERISTIC; RESPONSE CHARACTERISTIC; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; RESPONSE PROFILE; SPECTRAL PROFILE; SPECTRAL RESPONSE;

ORBITS; SPECTROMETRY;

SPECTROMETERS;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 84863528271     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2012.2196413     Document Type: Article

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