Instrumentation on the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System Experiment: extreme-ultraviolet spectrometer, photometer, and near-infrared spectrometer

Andrew B. Christensen; David C. Kayser; James B. Pranke; Paul R. Straus; David James Gutierrez; Supriya Chakrabarti; Robert P. McCoy; Robert R. Meier; Kenneth D. Wolfram; J. Michael Picone

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1 December 1993 Instrumentation on the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System Experiment: extreme-ultraviolet spectrometer, photometer, and near-infrared spectrometer

Andrew B. Christensen, David C. Kayser, James B. Pranke, Paul R. Straus, David James Gutierrez, Supriya Chakrabarti, Robert P. McCoy, Robert R. Meier, Kenneth D. Wolfram, J. Michael Picone

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Optical Engineering, 32(12), (1993). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.149189

Abstract

The Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System experiment consists of eight instruments spanning the wavelength range from the extreme ultraviolet (55 nm) to the near infrared (800 nm) oriented to view the Earth's limb from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration TIROS-J spacecraft to be launched into a circular orbit in 1993. Through measurements of the natural optical emissions and scattered sunlight originating in the upper atmosphere including the mesosphere and thermosphere, state variables such as temperature, composition, density, and ion concentration of this region will be inferred. The subset of instruments fabricated or otherwise provided by the Space and Environment Technology Center (formerly Space Sciences Laboratory) at The Aerospace Corporation are described.

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Andrew B. Christensen, David C. Kayser, James B. Pranke, Paul R. Straus, David James Gutierrez, Supriya Chakrabarti, Robert P. McCoy, Robert R. Meier, Kenneth D. Wolfram, and J. Michael Picone "Instrumentation on the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System Experiment: extreme-ultraviolet spectrometer, photometer, and near-infrared spectrometer," Optical Engineering 32(12), (1 December 1993). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.149189

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