Radiometer's Robust Housing

The Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Mexico State University is developing an all sky camera system intended to monitor, track, and analyze atmospheric meteor events to provide a database for assisting satellite operators in separating natural and man-made events and for instrument calibration tasks. The program objectives include: 1) To place wide-angle view cameras at a number of sites throughout the state of New Mexico and  United States 2) Develop the network to access and login data to make the data available for processing and analyzing by interested parties 3) Develop computer tools for calibration, removal of detector effects and anomalies, automatic event detection and correlation among stations, and automatic conjectory computation and 4) Develop a companion multi-band detector for the all sky sensors to improve the diagnostic capability of the camera network. This project focused on the design of the radiometer housing. Temperature and humidity were measured on the inside of the radiometer housing during the summer 2011 and made the radiometer housing weather proofed for any condition. We have manipulated the radiometer housing to cool the electrical software within the housing to a tolerable operating temperature. Supported by PHS Grant R25 GM048998-13.