AURA, an experiment to measure ultraviolet radiation of the earth's atmosphere from space

Michael E. Gangl; John H. Middlestadt; Richard W. Eastes

doi:10.1117/12.140870

22 January 1993 AURA, an experiment to measure ultraviolet radiation of the earth's atmosphere from space

Michael E. Gangl, John H. Middlestadt, Richard W. Eastes

Proceedings Volume 1764, Ultraviolet Technology IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140870
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Atmospheric Ultraviolet Radiance Analyzer (AURA) has been designed to furnish global UV emissions measurements in the 115-175 nm range of sufficient sensitivity for observations of the weak emissions from the tropical arcs and the aurora from a nearly circular high-inclination orbit. Excellent S/N is obtained by AURA in the case of day airglow measurements. Two UV observation channels are available, each of which is based on a 1/8 Ebert-Fastie spectrometer and a telescope with a scanning mirror; each can furnish data in any one of three operational modes.

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Michael E. Gangl, John H. Middlestadt, and Richard W. Eastes "AURA, an experiment to measure ultraviolet radiation of the earth's atmosphere from space", Proc. SPIE 1764, Ultraviolet Technology IV, (22 January 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140870

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