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? | stassinopoulos | Particle Background and Environment Data | Particle background, latitude, SAA, electron population, particle contours, high background region, map of radiation belts, van allen belts |
<li>The UV background is given in 1987AJ_____94__876O.pdf</li> <li> optical-IR</li> My favorite plot of space (zodiacal) background opt-NIR is the one by Michael Lampton (though I think aldering's analysis below is better:
I believe you can take as definitive Greg Aldering's analysis of space background for SNAP aldering01_space_zodi.pdf DO NOT USE without attribution!!! (called the “white paper” elsewhere, probably a section of, or a study for the white paper; the original file was just called zodi.ps).
It is important to understand that the zodi varies depending on angle between sun and pointing. I *think* in the optical it doesn't vary so much, but don't quote me on that. </ul> </ul>