Dr. Andrew Buffington Profile

Dr. Andrew Buffington

Research Physicist at Univ of California San Diego

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Publications (15)

Proceedings Article | 23 September 2009 Paper

Fabrication and test of a diamond-turned mirror suitable for a spaceborne photometric heliospheric imager

Andrew Buffington, Kirk Bach, Bernhard Bach, Erich Bach, Mario Bisi, P. Paul Hick, Bernard Jackson, Peter Klupar

Proceedings Volume 7438, 74380O (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.825362

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Scattering, Light scattering, Imaging systems, Cameras, Laser scattering, Sun, Manufacturing, Optics manufacturing, Scatter measurement

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2007 Paper

Analysis of the comparative responses of SMEI and LASCO

Andrew Buffington, Jeff Morrill, P. Paul Hick, Russell Howard, Bernard Jackson, David Webb

Proceedings Volume 6689, 66890B (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734658

KEYWORDS: Stars, Sun, Cameras, Coronagraphy, Calibration, Aerospace engineering, Photometry, Charge-coupled devices, Point spread functions, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2007 Paper

A procedure for fitting point sources in SMEI white-light full-sky maps

P. Hick, A. Buffington, B. Jackson

Proceedings Volume 6689, 66890C (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734808

KEYWORDS: Stars, Point spread functions, Cameras, Space operations, CCD cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Solar processes, Imaging systems, Composites, Electrons

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Proceedings Article | 20 September 2007 Paper

SMEI observations in the STEREO era

Bernard Jackson, Andrew Buffington, P. Paul Hick, Mario Bisi, Elizabeth Jensen

Proceedings Volume 6689, 66890G (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734870

KEYWORDS: 3D modeling, Curium, Solar processes, Space operations, Cameras, Sun, Remote sensing, Data modeling, Coronagraphy, Solar radiation models

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2005 Paper

Space performance of the multistage labyrinthine SMEI baffle

Andrew Buffington, Bernard Jackson, P. Hick

Proceedings Volume 5901, 590118 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.615526

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Cameras, Sun, Mirrors, Stray light, Light scattering, Stars, CCD cameras, Space operations, Reflectivity

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

Low resolution three dimensional reconstruction of CMEs using solar mass ejection imager (SMEI) data

Bernard Jackson, Andrew Buffington, P. Hick, Cindy Wang

Proceedings Volume 5901, 590101 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616329

KEYWORDS: 3D modeling, Curium, Solar processes, Cameras, Sun, Coronagraphy, Data modeling, Spatial resolution, Solar radiation models, Remote sensing

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Proceedings Article | 18 August 2005 Paper

The SMEI real-time data pipeline: from raw CCD frames to photometrically accurate full-sky maps

P. Hick, A. Buffington, B. Jackson

Proceedings Volume 5901, 59011B (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617996

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Stars, Electroluminescent displays, Signal processing, Data processing, Sun, Imaging systems, Space operations, Clouds

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2004 Paper

Comparative analyses of the CSSS magnetic field calculation in the Univ. of California/San Diego tomographic solar wind model with in situ spacecraft observations

Tamsen Dunn, P. Hick, Bernard Jackson, Andrew Buffington, Xue Pu Zhao

Proceedings Volume 5171, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.513759

KEYWORDS: Magnetism, Solar radiation models, Data modeling, Solar processes, Tomography, 3D modeling, Space operations, Kinematics, Curium, In situ metrology

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Proceedings Article | 4 February 2004 Paper

SMEI: design and development of an Earth-orbiting all-sky coronagraph

Bernard Jackson, P. Hick, Andrew Buffington, Robert Gold, George Simnett, Christopher Eyles, Mark Cooke, Nicholas Waltham

Proceedings Volume 5171, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.513469

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Coronagraphy, Sun, Tomography, Imaging systems, Curium, Photometry, CCD cameras, Remote sensing, Cameras

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Proceedings Article | 11 February 2003 Paper

Calculations for, and laboratory measurements of a multistage labyrinthine baffle for SMEI

Andrew Buffington, Bernard Jackson, Pierre Hick

Proceedings Volume 4853, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460350

KEYWORDS: Light scattering, Scattering, Sun, Prototyping, Diffraction, Cameras, Stars, Tomography, Zemax, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 11 February 2003 Paper

Time-dependent tomography of heliospheric features using the three-dimensional reconstruction techniques developed for the solar mass ejection imager (SMEI)

Bernard Jackson, Pierre Hick, Andrew Buffington

Proceedings Volume 4853, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460415

KEYWORDS: Tomography, Photometry, Solar radiation models, Space operations, Sun, Data modeling, Imaging systems, Solar processes, 3D modeling, Coronagraphy

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Proceedings Article | 2 November 1998 Paper

Solar Polar Sail mission: report of a study to put a scientific spacecraft in a circular polar orbit about the sun

Bruce Goldstein, Andrew Buffington, Alan Cummings, Richard Fisher, Bernard Jackson, Paulett Liewer, Richard Mewaldt, Marcia Neugebauer

Proceedings Volume 3442, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330265

KEYWORDS: Sun, Space operations, Solar processes, Particles, Coronagraphy, Curium, Solar sails, Magnetism, Convection, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 2 November 1998 Paper

Corrals, hubcaps, and crystal balls: some new designs for very-wide-angle visible-light heliospheric imagers

Andrew Buffington, Pierre Hick, Bernard Jackson, Clarence Korendyke

Proceedings Volume 3442, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.330266

KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors, Imaging systems, Sun, Spatial resolution, Crystals, Cameras, Photometry, Lenses, Spherical lenses

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Proceedings Article | 25 November 1996 Paper

Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI)

Stephen Keil, Richard Altrock, Stephen Kahler, Bernard Jackson, Andrew Buffington, Pierre Hick, George Simnett, Christopher Eyles, David Webb, Peter Anderson

Proceedings Volume 2804, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259702

KEYWORDS: Sun, Curium, Stray light, Stars, Sensors, Coronagraphy, Solar processes, Space operations, Charge-coupled devices, Light

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Proceedings Article | 25 November 1996 Paper

STEREO: a solar terrestrial event observer mission concept

Dennis Socker, S. Antiochos, Guenter Brueckner, John Cook, Kenneth Dere, Russell Howard, Judith Karpen, James Klimchuk, Clarence Korendyke, Donald Michels, J. Daniel Moses, Dianne Prinz, N. Sheely, Shi Wu, Andrew Buffington, Bernard Jackson, Barry Labonte, Philippe Lamy, H. Rosenbauer, Rainer Schwenn, L. Burlaga, Joseph Davila, John Davis, Barry Goldstein, Henry Harris, Paulett Liewer, Marcia Neugebauer, E. Hildner, Victor Pizzo, Norman Moulton, J. Linker, Z. Mikic

Proceedings Volume 2804, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259727

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Space operations, Curium, Solar processes, Sun, Plasma, Thallium, Magnetism, Electrons, X-ray imaging

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