SATELLITE SPECTROMETER. PHASE I. LABORATORY BREADBOARD UNIT.
Abstract
The United States Weather Bureau, in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis tration, is conducting an engineering design study directed toward the development of an infrared spectrometer suitable for installation in artifi cial earth satellites for the purpose of accurate ly measuring the intensity of infrared radiation from the earth and its atmosphere. The initial spectrometer development program is divided into threephases: a laboratory breadboard spectrom eter; a high altitude balloon spectrometer; and a satellite spectrometer. A summary is given of the Phase I design studies, and the development and testing of the breadboard model; based on this expe recommendations are made for design refinements desireable in the Phase II balloon spectrometer and in the Phase III satellite spec trometer. In these studies an effort has been made to examine most carefully those aspects of the design of the spectrometer whichwill signif icantly affect or limit its performance. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 13, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0411354
Entities
People
- Marc G. Dreyfus