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SABER Ground Calibration Report

Lorin J. Zollinger
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NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) awarded contract NAS1-20467 to the Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University (SDL/USU) to develop instrumentation for the Sounding of the Atmosphere using Broadband Emission Radiometry (SABER) investigation. This report is submitted in compliance with the contract statement of work, DRD item 19, and the requirements of the “SABER Test and Calibration Plan” (SDL/97-069). It describes the test, data analysis, and results of ground calibration. SDL/USU is responsible for ground calibration testing, data collection, and publication of this report. The data analysis and results shown in this report, however, are a shared effort between SDL/USU, GATS, and LaRC.

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Lorin J. Zollinger. 2000-06-01. SABER Ground Calibration Report. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20240007001

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