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Multispectral Radiation Detection Of Small Changes In Target Emissivity
Author(s): J. A. Gagliano; J. M. Newton; J. M. Schuchardt
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Paper Abstract

An investigation into the multispectral radiation detection of small changes in target emissivity has been performed by Georgia Tech. A series of ice detection measurements on the shuttle external tank (ET) were performed using an advanced instrumentation radiometer operating at 35/95 GHz. Actual shuttle ET ice detection measurements were run at NASA's National Space Technology Laboratory (NSTL) during cryogenic fueling operations prior to orbiter engine firing tests. Investigations revealed that ET icing caused an increase in surface brightness temperature and the test results further demonstrated the usefulness of millimeter wave radiometry for the detection of ice on the ET.

Paper Details

Date Published: 2 August 1982
PDF: 5 pages
Proc. SPIE 0317, Integrated Optics and Millimeter and Microwave Integrated Circuits, (2 August 1982); doi: 10.1117/12.933125
Show Author Affiliations
J. A. Gagliano, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
J. M. Newton, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
J. M. Schuchardt, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 0317:
Integrated Optics and Millimeter and Microwave Integrated Circuits
Bob D. Guenther; William Pittman, Editor(s)

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