haracterisation and In-Orbit demonstration of a Heterodyne Spectrometer for atmospheric research from small satellites / Oliver Wroblowski. Wuppertal, 2023
Content
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Gravity waves in the upper atmosphere
- Objectives of this work
- Outline
- Remarks about AtmoLITE optics simulations
- Observation of the O2 A-Band by Spatial Heterodyne Spectroscopy
- The Oxygen Atmospheric Airglow
- The Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer
- Spectrometer Design for the AtmoLITE Instrument
- Definition of interferogram fringe visibility
- The AtmoLITE SHS under Space Conditions
- SHS Tolerance & Alignment Considerations
- Instrument Optics Design
- AtmoSHINE - In-Orbit Demonstrator
- AtmoSHINE - Imaging Quality and Wavefront Errors
- AtmoSHINE - Line-Of-Sight Calibration
- AtmoSHINE - In-Field Ghost Reflections
- AtmoLITE - A new optical System
- AtmoLITE - Tolerance Budget
- Low Pressure Compensation of Optics
- Tolerances of the camera optics locking mechanism
- SHS optimization within the full optical system
- Expected O2 A-band Radiances In-Orbit
- The AtmoLITE Calibration Unit
- AtmoLITE Calibration Unit - Design Concept
- AtmoLITE Calibration Unit - Requirements
- AtmoLITE Calibration Unit - Optical Design
- AtmoLITE Calibration Unit - Mechanical Design
- AtmoLITE Calibration Unit - Alignment
- Verification of the ACU prototype(s)
- Impact of a ACU non-uniformity on visibility
- The AtmoLITE Prototype - An experimental verification of performance
- SHS assembly
- Characterisation of PSF, MTF & FOV
- First interferograms of AtmoLITE
- Expected temperature retrieval uncertainty
- Summary and final remarks
- AtmoSHINE & AtmoLITE addon
- Zernike Polynomials
- LOS Calibration - Propagation of Uncertainties
- Characterisation of PSF and spot size - continued
- Instrument and ACU Info Sheets
- Oxygen A-band emission lines
- AtmoLITE - Simulated Spectra continued
- AtmoLITE - ILS formulas
- Additional information about ACU characterisation
- View factor between two rectangular, parallel plates
- Preparations of ACU Wavefront Curvature Estimation
- Impact of ACU chromatic focal shift
- Aperture stop design of test equipment
- ACU scan head design details
- Power monitoring of ACU
- AtmoLITE alignment guide