The michelson interferometer for global high-resolution thermospheric imaging (MIGHTI): Wind and temperature observations from the ionospheric connection explorer (ICON)

Christoph R. Englert, John M. Harlander, Charles M. Brown, Andrew W. Stephan, Jonathan J. Makela, Kenneth D. Marr, Thomas J. Immel

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Abstract

We describe the Michelson Interferometer for Global High-resolution Thermospheric Imaging (MIGHTI), an instrument designed to measure thermospheric wind and temperature as part of the Ionospheric Connection (ICON) Explorer mission proposal to the NASA Explorer program.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationFourier Transform Spectroscopy, FTS 2013
PublisherOptical Society of America (OSA)
ISBN (Print)9781557529756
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventFourier Transform Spectroscopy, FTS 2013 - Arlington, VA, United States
Duration: Jun 23 2013Jun 24 2013

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferenceFourier Transform Spectroscopy, FTS 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityArlington, VA
Period6/23/136/24/13

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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