Dr. Allan W. Smith Profile

Dr. Allan W. Smith

Senior Physicist at L-1 Standards and Technology Inc

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2019 Presentation + Paper

Carbon nanotube-based radiometers demonstrated on the RAVAN CubeSat mission

William Swartz, Stergios Papadakis, David Deglau, Steven Lorentz, Allan Smith, Philip Huang

Proceedings Volume 10982, 109820G (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2518428

KEYWORDS: Radiometry, Gallium, Black bodies, Calibration, Carbon, Carbon nanotubes, Sensors, Solar radiation, Solar energy

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2013 Paper

A novel apparatus to measure reflected sunlight from the Moon

Claire Cramer, Gerald Fraser, Keith Lykke, Allan Smith, John Woodward

Proceedings Volume 8867, 88670W (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2027204

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Telescopes, Satellites, Head, Lamps, Integrating spheres, Observatories, Sensors, Climatology, Meteorological satellites

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Proceedings Article | 10 August 2010 Paper

Spectroradiometric calibration of telescopes using laser illumination of flat field screens

John Woodward, Steven Brown, Keith Lykke, Allan Smith, Claire Cramer, Peter Doherty, Emilio Falco, Christopher Stubbs

Proceedings Volume 7737, 77372A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857474

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Calibration, Optical filters, Charge-coupled devices, Photodiodes, Image filtering, Spectral calibration, Domes, Camera shutters, LabVIEW

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Proceedings Article | 22 July 2010 Paper

Ground-based observatory operations optimized and enhanced by direct atmospheric measurements

John McGraw, Peter Zimmer, Mark Ackermann, Dean Hines, Anthony Hull, Lisa Rossmann, Daniel Zirzow, Steven Brown, Gerald Fraser, Keith Lykke, Allan Smith, Christopher Stubbs, John Woodward

Proceedings Volume 7739, 773929 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857787

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Earth's atmosphere, LIDAR, Observatories, Calibration, Space telescopes, Stars, Atmospheric modeling, Focus stacking software

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Proceedings Article | 21 July 2010 Paper

Space-based photometric precision from ground-based telescopes

Peter Zimmer, John Mcgraw, Mark Ackermann, Dean Hines, Anthony Hull, Lisa Rossmann, Daniel Zirzow, Steven Brown, Claire Cramer, Gerald Fraser, Keith Lykke, Allan Smith, Christopher Stubbs, John Woodward

Proceedings Volume 7735, 77358D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857700

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Telescopes, Stars, Aerosols, Atmospheric particles, Atmospheric modeling, LIDAR, Clouds, Absorption, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 2009 Paper

A vacuum-compatible flat plate radiometric source for system-level testing of optical sensors

Steven Brown, Allan Smith, John Woodward, Keith Lykke, Bruce Guenther, Robert Lambeck, Robert Barnes

Proceedings Volume 7474, 747412 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.829892

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Lamps, Temperature metrology, Radiometry, Optical fibers, Data acquisition, Transmittance, Phase modulation, Remote sensing

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Proceedings Article | 4 September 2009 Paper

A proposed global atmospheric monitoring network based on standard stars

John McGraw, Peter Zimmer, Steven Brown, Gerald Fraser, Keith Lykke, Allan Smith, Christopher Stubbs, John Woodward

Proceedings Volume 7453, 74530K (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.831213

KEYWORDS: Stars, Calibration, Earth's atmosphere, Atmospheric modeling, Telescopes, Climate change, Atmospheric particles, Spectrophotometry, Atmospheric monitoring, Absorption

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