The rover environmental monitoring station ground temperature sensor: A pyrometer for measuring ground temperature on mars

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 9211-9231

  Sebastián, Eduardo ^a   Armiens, Carlos ^a   Gómez Elvira, Javier ^a   Zorzano, María P ^a   Martinez Frias, Jesus ^a   Esteban, Blanca ^b   Ramos, Miguel ^b  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

In flight calibration; IR ground temperature sensor; Sensor thermal model; Spacecraft instrumentation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUND TEMPERATURE; IN-FLIGHT CALIBRATION; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTATION; THERMAL MODEL;

CALIBRATION; DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; PYROMETERS; PYROMETRY;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84871098352     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101009211     Document Type: Article

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