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2012
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Review Article
Large-Scale Measurements of Thermospheric Dynamics with a Multisite Fabry-Perot Interferometer Network: Overview of Plans and Results from Midlatitude Measurements
Table 1
Instrument parameters for the initial FPIs to be used in this network.
Parameter
PARI
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Etalon aperture (cm)
10.0
10.0
7.0
7.0
Etalon reflectivity
78%
~80%
78%
78%
630.0 nm filter transmission
55%
TBD
55%
55%
(~55% expected)
no. of orders imaged
10
10
10
10
Etalon gap
1.5 cm
1.5 cm
1.5 cm
1.5 cm
Andor CCD detector
DU-412
DU-434
iKon-934
DU-434
CCD readout noise
4 e
−
/pixel
3 e
−
/pixel
3 e
−
/pixel
3 e
−
/pixel
CCD dark signal
0.0003 e
−
/s/pixel
0.0004 e
−
/s/pixel
0.0001 e
−
/s/pixel
0.0004 e
−
/s/pixel