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Table 2 Major observation programs for LIR

From: Absolute calibration of brightness temperature of the Venus disk observed by the Longwave Infrared Camera onboard Akatsuki

Observation name

Instruments synchronously observing with LIR

m

n

Nightside deluxe

IR2 (1.73, 2.26, 2.02, 2.32 μm)

32

32

Nightside slim

IR2 (2.26 μm)

32

32

Dayside deluxe

IR1 (0.9 μm), IR2 (2.02 μm), UVI (283, 365 nm)

32

32

Dayside slim

IR1 (0.9 μm), IR2 (2.02 μm)

32

32

Vicinity deluxe

UVI (283, 365 nm)

32

01

Vicinity slim

UVI (283, 365 nm × 2)

32

01

Vicinity slim

UVI (283, 365 nm × 7)

32

01

Nightside vicinity scan

IR2 (1.73, 2.26 μm)

32

01

Dayside vicinity scan

IR1 (0.9 μm), IR2 (2.02 μm), UVI (365 nm)

32

01

Nightside deluxe

IR2 (1.73, 2.26, 2.02, 2.32 μm) with ROI

32

01

Nightside slim

IR2 (2.26 μm) with ROI

32

32

Dayside deluxe

IR1 (0.9 μm), IR2 (2.02 μm), UVI (283, 365 nm)

32

32

Dayside slim

IR1 (0.9 μm), IR2 (2.02 μm), UVI (283, 365 nm) with ROI

32

32

  1. An additional observation with m = 32 and n = 1 was prepared on October 2016
  2. ROI region of interest: a specific area selected from an images of IR1, IR2, and UVI in order to limit data quantity
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