CALIBRATION OF PLANETARY BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE SPECTRA AT NEAR-MILLIMETER AND SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS WITH A FOURIER-TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER

Authors
SERABYN E WEISSTEIN EW
Citation
E. Serabyn et Ew. Weisstein, CALIBRATION OF PLANETARY BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE SPECTRA AT NEAR-MILLIMETER AND SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS WITH A FOURIER-TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER, Applied optics, 35(16), 1996, pp. 2752-2763
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
35
Issue
16
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2752 - 2763
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1996)35:16<2752:COPBTS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
A medium-resolution Fourier-transform spectrometer for ground-based ob servation of astronomical sources at near-millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths is described. The steps involved in measuring and calibra ting astronomical spectra are elaborated. The spectrometer is well sui ted to planetary spectroscopy, and initial measurements of the intrins ic brightness temperature spectra of Uranus and Neptune at wavelengths of 1.0 to 1.5 mm are presented. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America