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Spectral observations at the Canary Island Long-Baseline Observatory (CILBO): calibration and datasets
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC), 2200 AG Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Detlef Koschny
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC), 2200 AG Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Chair of Astronautics, TU Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
Regina Rudawska
RHEA group/ESA ESTEC, 2200 AG Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Salvatore Vicinanza
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Stefan Loehle
IRS, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Martin Eberhart
IRS, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
Arne Meindl
MPI for Plasma Physics, 85748 Garching, Germany
Hans Smit
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC), 2200 AG Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Lionel Marraffa
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC), 2200 AG Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Rico Landman
Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Postbus 9513, 2300 RA, Leiden, the Netherlands
Daphne Stam
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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Short summary
The paper describes the ground-based camera equipment to obtain images from dust ablation phenomena (meteors) in the Earth's atmosphere. The meteors are observed from two locations, but one station is equipped with a camera containing a spectral grating, which allows following and determining the spectral information through the meteor ablation process. We describe the data merging, calibration, and processing to finally derive the meteor composition.
The paper describes the ground-based camera equipment to obtain images from dust ablation...
