Contributions to the Science Modeling Requirements Document; Earth Limb & Auroral Backgrounds
Abstract
SDI systems must acquire and track targets such as rockets, PBVs, and RVs as they traverse the atmosphere between ground level and altitudes of about 1800 km. To distinguish between target and background, these systems require an accurate model of terrestrial background scenes. The models in turn require knowledge of atmospheric species, temperatures, dynamics, and structures. In addition, the targets' interactions with th atmosphere will provide detection and discrimination methods that can be evaluated only by using models incorporating realistic atmospheric models. To satisfy these needs, MSX will thoroughly measure the earth's background radiation. These measurements encompass those of the earth limb, the aurora, and the hard earth. The background measurements will span the entire lifetime of the MSX mission.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA338683
Entities
People
- C. I. Meng
- R. R. O'neil
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University