Zodiacal Light Data Investigation.

Abstract

A three year study to support Air Force characterization of the zodiacal background is summarized. The study utilized sounding-rocket data from the Zodiacal Infrared Program (ZIP) and the Earthlimb Clutter (ELC) Experiment; this data provides finer spectral coverage and information closer to the sun than the subsequent Infrared Astronomical Survey (IRAS) and Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE). Work was performed in three main areas: the reduction of the data was upgraded; the reduced data was organized into a readily accessible database; and the zodiacal dust structure was investigated by use of the database. The data reduction was implemented with a pipeline process which took instrumental and environmental effects into account; the data was placed in a common calibration format with COBE and an error analysis was performed. The data archive is readily accessible with a graphical user interface (GUI); it allows the user to work directly with the final data product or to recompute details of the pipeline process. Analysis work has uncovered features of scientific interest in the database.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 21, 1994
Accession Number
ADA310084

Entities

People

  • C. L. Hamilton
  • J. Chalupa
  • S. V. Burdick
  • T. L. Murdock
  • W. K. Cobb

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basic Programming Language
  • Calibration
  • Data Reduction
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Detectors
  • Error Analysis
  • Flux Density
  • Focal Planes
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Measurement
  • Optical Detectors
  • Radiation
  • Rockets
  • Sounding Rockets
  • User Interface
  • Zodiacal Light

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.