Airglow-solar spectrometer instrument (20-700 nm) aboard the San Marco D/L satellite
Abstract
The ASSI experiment aboard the San Marco D/L aeronomy satellite will monitor the airglow, solar, and interplanetary radiations from the EUV through the visible spectral regions. Four spectrometers with solar pointing control cover this broad region using channels with eighteen overlapping wavelength ranges with spectral resolutions from 0.8 to 3.0 nm, which are adequate for aeronomy. Large dynamic ranges up to 1:10 to the 11th permit the measurement of faint airglow or interplanetary radiation and intense solar emissions with one and the same instrument. Instrumental details such as the special optical design and calibration procedures are presented in detail.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- October 1985
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.24.003206
- Bibcode:
- 1985ApOpt..24.3206S
- Keywords:
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- Aeronomy;
- Airglow;
- Extraterrestrial Radiation;
- San Marco Satellites;
- Solar Radiation;
- Solar Spectrometers;
- Calibrating;
- Molecular Spectra;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation;
- SATELLITES;
- ATMOSPHERES;
- SPECTROMETERS;
- SPACE OPTICS;
- RADIATION