FONDUE : Fully ON-line Datacenter for Ultraviolet Emissions

Details FONDUE : Fully ON-line Datacenter for Ultraviolet Emissions FONDUE : Fully ON-line Datacenter for Ultraviolet Emissions

Sep 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009dps....41.4601r&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #41, #46.01

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Scientific paper

The aim of the FONDUE working group is to create a series of tools which can help to cross-calibrate ultraviolet spectrometers and photometers in space. Although ground calibrations are essential for an accurate knowledge of an ultraviolet instrument, space calibrations are absolutely necessary to understand the aging of the instrument after launch and during its operating lifetime, i.e. how its sensitivity varies with time.
The FONDUE working group was selected by the International Space Institute (ISSI, Bern : http://www.issibern.ch/) to provide a series of methods and tools which can help calibrate UV instruments in space. For point sources, the methods studied are based on stellar observations. For extended sources, the working group uses observations of the interplanetary background, observations of comets and mutual observations between instruments. Measurements of the moon albedo at different phase angles can also be used.
To achieve this goal, the FONDUE web site (http://bdap.ipsl.fr/fondue) will provide reports on the activities of the group and datasets from various UV instruments which can be used for comparisons.
As an illustration of the activities of this group, we will study the cross-calibration of various UV instruments which flew on past or are flying on present space and planetary missions (Voyager-UVS, SOHO-SWAN, Galileo-UVS/EUV, Cassini-UVIS, Mars Express-SPICAM, Venus Express-SPICAV, SORCE-SOLSTICE, IUE, HST-STIS). Our aim is to create a comprehensive dataset of the observations made by these instruments and try to alleviate some of the discrepancies which still remain today.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

FONDUE : Fully ON-line Datacenter for Ultraviolet Emissions does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with FONDUE : Fully ON-line Datacenter for Ultraviolet Emissions, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and FONDUE : Fully ON-line Datacenter for Ultraviolet Emissions will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1333451