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Dr. Allan Meyer

Associate Scientist at Universities Space Research Association/SOFIA

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper

SOFIA observatory performance and characterization

Pasquale Temi, Pamela Marcum, Walter Miller, Edward Dunham, Ian McLean, Jurgen Wolf, Eric Becklin, Thomas Bida, Rick Brewster, Sean Casey, Peter Collins, Scott Horner, Holger Jakob, Stephen Jensen, Jana Killebrew, Ulrich Lampater, Georgi Mandushev, Allen Meyer, Enrico Pfueller, Andreas Reinacher, Jeonghee Rho, Thomas Roellig, Maureen Savage, Erin Smith, Stefan Teufel, Manuel Wiedemann

Proceedings Volume 8444, 844414 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925736

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Observatories, Stars, Mirrors, Cameras, Image quality, Calibration, Infrared telescopes, Imaging systems, Pluto

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2010 Paper

Measuring the water vapor above the SOFIA Observatory

Thomas Roellig, Lunming Yuen, David Sisson, Allan Meyer

Proceedings Volume 7733, 773339 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856506

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric modeling, Radiometry, Observatories, Infrared astronomy, Control systems, Infrared radiation, Astronomy, Double sideband modulation, Telescopes, Software development

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Proceedings Article | 2 September 2009 Paper

On sky testing of the SOFIA telescope in preparation for the first science observations

Franziska Harms, Jürgen Wolf, Patrick Waddell, Edward Dunham, Andreas Reinacher, Ulrich Lampater, Holger Jakob, Lisa Bjarke, Sybil Adams, Randy Grashuis, Allan Meyer, Kenneth Bower, Keith Schweikhard, Thomas Keilig

Proceedings Volume 7453, 745303 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.828609

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Mirrors, Space telescopes, Coating, Sensors, Cameras, Gyroscopes, Control systems, Stars, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2003 Paper

Performance summaries for SOFIA science instruments

Allan Meyer, Edwin Erickson

Proceedings Volume 4857, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458822

KEYWORDS: Spectral resolution, Spatial resolution, Receivers, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Optical filters, Image filtering, Spectrometers, Diffraction, Antennas

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Proceedings Article | 3 March 2003 Paper

SOFIA water vapor monitor design

Robert Cooper, Thomas Roellig, Lunming Yuen, Brian Shiroyama, Allan Meyer

Proceedings Volume 4857, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.458633

KEYWORDS: Radiometry, Data acquisition, Black bodies, Control systems, Sensors, Mirrors, Atmospheric modeling, Amplifiers, Telescopes, Data conversion

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Proceedings Article | 20 June 2000 Paper

Far-infrared BRDFs and reflectance spectra of candidate SOFIA telescope, cavity, and focal-plane instrument surfaces

Allan Meyer, Sheldon Smith, Christopher Koerber

Proceedings Volume 4014, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389125

KEYWORDS: Reflectivity, Bidirectional reflectance transmission function, Telescopes, Infrared radiation, Foam, Scattering, Reflector telescopes, Mirrors, Silicon carbide, Infrared telescopes

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