Dr. Harriet A. Parsons Profile

Dr. Harriet A. Parsons

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Improving observatory efficiency: noise limited observing at the JCMT

Sarah Graves, Harriet Parsons, Jessica Dempsey, Graham Bell, Mark Rawlings, Steven Mairs, Ryan Berthold, Craig Walther, Izumi Mizuno, Shaoliang Li, Dan Bintley, Per Friberg, Maren Purves, John Kuroda

Proceedings Volume 11449, 1144917 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2562760

KEYWORDS: Signal to noise ratio, Observatories, Telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Implementing remote observing at the JCMT

Harriet Parsons, Jessica Dempsey, Dan Bintley, Craig Walther, Sarah Graves, William Stahm, Maren Purves, Kevin Silva, Alexis Acohido, Graham Bell, Ryan Berthold, Jamie Cookson, Vernon DeMattos, Devin Estrada, Miriam Fuchs, David Fuselier, Paul Ho, John Kuroda, Shaoliang Li, Steven Mairs, Mark Rawlings

Proceedings Volume 11449, 114490I (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561657

KEYWORDS: Switches, Observatories, Astronomical telescopes, Telescopes, Astronomy, Safety, Software engineering

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

Automated project completion forecasting

Alexandra Tetarenko, Harriet Parsons, Sarah Graves, Jessica Dempsey

Proceedings Volume 11449, 1144919 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561634

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Astronomy, Observatories, Instrumentation engineering

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

SIS mixers study on Heterodyne Array Receiver Program (HARP) at JCMT

Kuan-Yu Liu, Ming-Jye Wang, C. Y. Edward Tong, Per Friberg, Gary A. Fuller, Tse-Jun Chen, Yen-Pin Chang, Wei-Chun Lu, Dan Bintley, Ming-Tang Chen, Chih-Chiang Han, Sheng-Feng Yen, Jessica Dempsey, Shaoliang Li, Craig Walther, Vernon DeMattos, Jamie Cookson, Graham Bell, Xue-Jian Jiang, Harriet Parson, Izumi Mizuno, Taishi Nammoto, Weiye Zhong

Proceedings Volume 11453, 114533R (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561192

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Heterodyning, Waveguides, Double sideband modulation, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Poster + Paper

Commissioning of Nāmakanui on the JCMT

Izumi Mizuno, Per Friberg, Ryan Berthold, Harriet Parsons, Chih-Chiang Han, Alexis Acohido, Graham Bell, David Berry, Dan Bintley, Ming-Tang Chen, Alyssa Clark, Jamie Cookson, Vernon DeMattos, Jessica Dempsey, Jason Fleck, Kuo-chieh Fu, Miriam Fuchs, Sarah Graves, Paul Ho, Sung-Po Hsu, YauDe Huang, Xue-Jian Jiang, Derek Kubo, John Kuroda, Shaoliang Li, Steve Mairs, Callie Matulonis, Mailani Neil, Neal Oliveira, Maren Purves, Mark Rawlings, Ya-Che Shih, Kevin Silva, Ed Sison, Patrice Smith, Ranjani Srinivasan, William Stahm, Alexandra Tetarenko, Pablo Torne, Craig Walther, Chao-Ching Wang, Ta-Shun Wei

Proceedings Volume 11453, 114533T (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561742

KEYWORDS: Receivers, Telescopes, Polarization, Beam shaping, Switches

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Every second of science is sacred: automating science operations tracking at JCMT

Jessica Dempsey, Sarah Graves, Harriet A. Parsons, Craig Walther, Paul T. Ho, Graham Bell, Michael Pohlen

Proceedings Volume 10704, 107040M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313849

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Databases, Telescopes, Data archive systems, Opacity, Advanced distributed simulations, Control systems, Interfaces, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 9 July 2018 Paper

Characterizing and reducing the POL-2 instrumental polarization

Per Friberg, David Berry, Giorgio Savini, Dan Bintley, Jessica Dempsey, Sarah Graves, Harriet Parsons

Proceedings Volume 10708, 107083M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314345

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Telescopes, Mirrors, Dielectric polarization, Astronomy, Dielectrics, Data modeling, Observatories, Uranus

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2016 Paper

The JCMT as operated by the East Asian Observatory: a brief (but thrilling) history

Jessica Dempsey, Paul Ho, Craig Walther, Per Friberg, Graham Bell, Harriet Parsons, Ming-Tang Chen

Proceedings Volume 9910, 99100O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2231568

KEYWORDS: Observatories, Telescopes, Astronomy, Astronomical telescopes, Receivers, Space telescopes, Opacity, Stars, Electroluminescence, Astrophysics

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Proceedings Article | 19 August 2014 Paper

SCUBA-2: an update on the performance of the 10,000 pixel bolometer camera after two years of science operation at the JCMT

Dan Bintley, Wayne Holland, Michael MacIntosh, Per Friberg, Graham Bell, Daniel Berke, David Berry, Ryan Berthold, Jamie Cookson, Iain Coulson, Malcolm Currie, Jessica Dempsey, Andrew Gibb, Bryan Gorges, Sarah Graves, Tim Jenness, Douglas Johnstone, Harriet A. Parsons, Holly Thomas, Craig Walther, Jan G. Wouterloot

Proceedings Volume 9153, 915303 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055231

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Camera shutters, Astronomy, Bolometers, Semiconducting wafers, Calibration, Telescopes, Technetium, Multiplexers, Superconductors

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2014 Paper

Advanced data products for the JCMT Science Archive

Graham Bell, Sarah Graves, Malcolm Currie, David Berry, Harriet Parsons, Timothy Jenness, Russell Redman, Jessica Dempsey, Doug Johnstone, Frossie Economou

Proceedings Volume 9152, 91522J (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054983

KEYWORDS: Data archive systems, Telescopes, Astronomy, Heterodyning, Calibration, Data modeling, Astronomical telescopes, Signal to noise ratio, Space telescopes, Observatories

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Proceedings Article | 27 September 2012 Paper

A new era of wide-field submillimetre imaging: on-sky performance of SCUBA-2

Jessica Dempsey, Wayne Holland, Antonio Chrysostomou, David Berry, Daniel Bintley, Edward Chapin, Simon Craig, Iain Coulson, Gary Davis, Per Friberg, Tim Jenness, Andy Gibb, Harriet A. Parsons, Douglas Scott, Holly Thomas, Remo P. Tilanus, Ian Robson, Craig Walther

Proceedings Volume 8452, 845202 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.926547

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Bolometers, Astronomy, Mars, Telescopes, Sensors, Galactic astronomy, Camera shutters, Signal attenuation, Interference (communication)

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