Title :
Use of a personal computer for the real-time reception and analysis of data from a sounding rocket experiment
Author :
Herrick, W.D. ; Penegor, G.T. ; Cotton, D.M. ; Kaplan, G.C. ; Chakrabarti, S.
Author_Institution :
Space Sci. Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In September 1988, the Earth and Planetary Atmospheres Group of the Space Sciences Laboratory of the University of California at Berkeley flew an experiment on a high-altitude sounding rocket launched from NASA´s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The experiment, BEARS (Berkeley EUV (extreme ultraviolet) Airglow Rocket Spectrometer), was designed to obtain spectroscopic data on the composition and structure of the Earth´s upper atmosphere. The objectives of BEARS and the BEARS experiment, the computer interface and software, the use of remote data transmission, and calibration, integration, and flight operations are discussed
Keywords :
airglow; calibration; data analysis; geophysics computing; microcomputer applications; software engineering; upper atmosphere; BEARS; Berkeley EUV Airglow Rocket Spectrometer; Earth´s; calibration; composition; computer interface; data analysis; data reception; flight operations; integration; real-time; remote data transmission; software; sounding rocket experiment; structure; upper atmosphere; Computer interfaces; Earth; Geoscience; Laboratories; Microcomputers; Rockets; Software; Spectroscopy; Terrestrial atmosphere; Ultraviolet sources;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
