When acknowledging support from ICON in a publication, please include the following statement: ICON is supported by NASA’s Explorers Program through contracts NNG12FA45C and NNG12FA42I.
Harlander, John M., et. al. Michelson Interferometer for Global High-Resolution Thermospheric Imaging (MIGHTI): Monolithic Interferometer Design and Test. Space Science Review (doi:10.1007/s11214-017-0374-4)
Sirk, Martin M. et. al. Design and Performance of the ICON EUV Spectrograph Space Science Review (DOI 10.1007/s11214-017-0384-2). The design, implementation, and on-ground performance measurements of ICON's EUV spectrometer, a wide field extreme ultraviolet (EUV) imaging spectrograph, designed to observe the lower ionosphere.
Maute, Astrid. One of the models on ICON is the TIEGCM-ICON, discussed in this paper: Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Electrodynamics General Circulation Model for the Ionopsheric Connection Explorer: TIEGCM-ICON. Space Science Review (DOI 10.1007/s11214-017-0330-3)
Harald Frey et. al. discuss the steps and procedures for calibrating an ultraviolet optical system when the challenge is doing so in a vacuum. Journal of Geographical Research (doi: 10.1002/2016JA022700) Calibration and testing of wide-field UV instruments ( 1.6MB)
Mende, Stephen B., Observing the magnetosphere through global auroral imaging: 1. Observables, (2016), J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 10,623-10,637, DOI:10.1002/2016JA022558
Mende, Stephen B., Observing the magnetosphere through global auroral imaging: 2. Observing techniques (2016), J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 10,638-10,660, DOI:10.1002/2016JA022607