Bibcode
Morales de los Ríos, J. A.; Joven, E.; del Peral, L.; Reyes, M.; Licandro, J.; Rodríguez Frías, M. D.
Bibliographical reference
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, Volume 749, p. 74-83.
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2014
Citations
4
Refereed citations
3
Description
JEM-EUSO (Extreme Universe Space Observatory on Japanese Experiment
Module) is an advanced observatory that will be on-board the
International Space Station (ISS) and use the Earth׳s atmosphere
as a huge calorimeter detector. However, the atmospheric clouds
introduce uncertainties in the signals measured by JEM-EUSO. Therefore,
it is extremely important to know the atmospheric conditions and
properties of the clouds in the Field of View (FoV) of the telescope.
The Atmospheric Monitoring System (AMS) of JEM-EUSO includes a lidar and
an infrared imaging system, IR-Camera, aimed to detect the presence of
clouds and to obtain the cloud coverage and cloud top altitude during
the observations of the JEM-EUSO main telescope. To define the road-map
for the design of the electronics, the detector has been tested
extensively with a first prototype. The actual design of the IR-Camera,
the test of the prototype, and the outcome of this characterization are
presented in this paper.
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