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| The Crosstrack Infrared Sounder is the new generation of polar-orbiting weather sounder developed by ITT Aerospace/Communications for the US Integrated Program Office (IPO).
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| - Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment - ACE FTS |
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| ABB is the prime contractor for the design and manufacturing of the ACE-FTS instrument on-board the Canadian Space Agency’s SciSat-1 satellite. The ACE-FTS instrument is the main payload of the spacecraft, the first Canadian space science satellite since ISIS 2 in 1971. Read more ... (pdf document, size 1.4MB) |
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| - Large Array Imaging FT-Spectrometer SPIM |
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| Spectral imagers including hyperspectral imagers is a technology in growing demand worldwide. The purpose of this work conducted in 1998 was to investigate the use of Fourier Transform Spectrometers (FTS) as spectral imagers. Read more... (pdf document, size 314KB) |
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| - TES On-Board Calibration Subsystem |
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| The Engineering group of ABB produced the On-Board Calibration Subsytem (OBCS) of the TES instrument, a high resolution FTS, developed by JPL, to be flown on the NASA’s Aura polar orbiting platform. Read more... (pdf document, size 1.5MB) |
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| - Polymer Morphology Experiment |
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| In 1988, Bomem supplied the interferometer subsystem to 3M (St-Paul Minnesota) for the Space Shuttle instrument POLYM. The instrument flew successfully as part of STS-34 in October 1989. Prior to launch, the package was submitted to complete vibration, shock and thermal testing.Read more... (pdf document, size 417KB) |
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| - Hyperspectral Imager Technology Assessment HITA LPM |
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| The Lumped Parameter Model (LPM) is a collection of models that simulate a hyperspectral imager instrument in order to determine its performance (accuracy, noise equivalent spectral radiance, resolution, etc.)Read more...-(pdf document, size 1.0MB) |
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| - Hyperspectral Imager Technology Assessment HITA DFM |
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The Data Flow Model (DFM) is a collection of models that simulate the whole processing chain of a defined hyperspectral sensor, from acquisition of spectral radiance to end-product.
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| - P I W I |
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ABB developed the interferometer for the PIFTS (Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer) for the University of Wisconsin. This is a small interferometer (5 x 5 x 3.5 inches, 1.5 kg) optimized for use in the IR wavelength range of 1-5.2 µm.
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| - The Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) Optical Calibration |
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Developed for the European Space Agency (ESA), will fly on the Envisat-1 platform.
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| - AIRS Optical Calibration Systems Update |
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Lockheed Martin Infrared and Imaging Systems has developed for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). The Earth Observation System (EOS) is owned by NASA.
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| - MOPITT Optical Calibration sources Update |
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The instrument is for Measurement of Pollution In The Troposphere developed for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as part of NASA’s Earth Observation System (EOS) Terra platform.
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| - Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding - MIPAS |
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This is a limb sounding high spectral resolution Fourier transform interferometer designed to measure atmospheric emission throughout the mid-infrared region allowing the simultaneous measurement of more than 20 key trace gases.
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