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John Elwell
Researcher at Utah State University
Publications - 25
Citations - 162
John Elwell is an academic researcher from Utah State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Spectrometer & Payload. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 25 publications receiving 154 citations. Previous affiliations of John Elwell include University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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A geosynchronous imaging Fourier transform spectrometer (GIFTS) for hyperspectral atmospheric remote sensing: instrument overview and preliminary performance results
John Elwell,G. W. Cantwell,Deron Scott,Roy W. Esplin,Glen Hansen,Scott M. Jensen,Mark Jensen,Steven Brown,L. J. Zollinger,V. A. Thurgood,Mark P. Esplin,Ronald J. Huppi,Gail E. Bingham,Henry E. Revercomb,Fred A. Best,David C. Tobin,Joe K. Taylor,Robert O. Knuteson,William L. Smith,Robert A. Reisse,R. Hooker +20 more
TL;DR: The GIFTS measurement requirements and the technology utilized by the GIFTS sensor to provide the required system performance are discussed and preliminary results from the recently completed calibration are presented.
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The Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) on-board blackbody calibration system
Fred A. Best,Henry E. Revercomb,Robert O. Knuteson,David C. Tobin,Scott D. Ellington,Mark W. Werner,Douglas P. Adler,Raymond K. Garcia,Joe K. Taylor,Nick N. Ciganovich,William L. Smith,Gail E. Bingham,John Elwell,Deron Scott +13 more
TL;DR: The NASA New Millennium Program's Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) instrument provides enormous advances in water vapor, wind, temperature, and trace gas profiling from geostationary orbit as mentioned in this paper.
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Development of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission
Fengchuan Liu,Roc M. Cutri,George Greanias,Valerie G. Duval,Peter Eisenhardt,John Elwell,Ingolf Heinrichsen,Joan Howard,William R. Irace,Amanda Mainzer,Andrea I. Razzaghi,Donald Royer,Edward L. Wright +12 more
TL;DR: WISE is a NASA MIDEX mission to survey the entire sky in four bands from 3 to 25 microns with sensitivity about 500 times greater than the IRAS survey as discussed by the authors.
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Performance verification of the Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) on-board blackbody calibration system
Fred A. Best,Henry E. Revercomb,David C. Tobin,Robert O. Knuteson,Joe K. Taylor,Donald J. Thielman,Douglas P. Adler,Mark W. Werner,Scott D. Ellington,John Elwell,Deron Scott,Gregory W. Cantwell,Gail E. Bingham,William L. Smith +13 more
TL;DR: The NASA New Millennium Program's Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) instrument was designed to provide enormous advances in water vapor, wind, temperature, and trace gas profiling from the geostationary orbit as mentioned in this paper.
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Ground-based measurements with the Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) engineering demonstration unit - experiment description and first results
Daniel K. Zhou,William L. Smith,Gail E. Bingham,Ronald J. Huppi,Henry E. Revercomb,L. J. Zollinger,John Elwell,Allen M. Larar,Xu Liu,Joseph J. Tansock,Robert A. Reisse,R. Hooker +11 more
TL;DR: This paper addresses the ground-based experiment objectives and provides "first-look" results illustrating the overall performance of the sensor system with a focus on the GIFTS EDU imaging capability and proof of the GIFts measurement concept.