Absolute calibration of brightness temperature of the Venus disk observed by the Longwave Infrared Camera onboard Akatsuki

Absolute calibration of brightness temperature of the Venus disk observed by the Longwave Infrared Camera onboard Akatsuki

Abstract The Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki arrived at Venus in December 2015, and the Longwave Infrared Camera (LIR) onboard the spacecraft started making observations. LIR has acquired more than 8000 images during the first two Venusian years since orbit insertion without any serious faults. Howev...

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Main Authors: Tetsuya Fukuhara, Makoto Taguchi, Takeshi Imamura, Akane Hayashitani, Takeru Yamada, Masahiko Futaguchi, Toru Kouyama, Takao M. Sato, Mao Takamura, Naomoto Iwagami, Masato Nakamura, Makoto Suzuki, Munetaka Ueno, George L. Hashimoto, Mitsuteru Sato, Seiko Takagi, Atsushi Yamazaki, Manabu Yamada, Shin-ya Murakami, Yukio Yamamoto, Kazunori Ogohara, Hiroki Ando, Ko-ichiro Sugiyama, Hiroki Kashimura, Shoko Ohtsuki, Nobuaki Ishii, Takumi Abe, Takehiko Satoh, Chikako Hirose, Naru Hirata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-10-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
Subjects:
Venus
Thermal infrared
Akatsuki
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-017-0727-y

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