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The Herschel-SPIRE instrument and its in-flight performance

I coordinated the development of the scientific case and instrument concept for Herschel-SPIRE. As SPIRE PI, I led all aspects of the instrument development and operation. I wrote all sections of this paper, and personally carried out a significant amount of the work described, including developing the detector and filter specifications, sensitivity models, performance predictions, and the design of the photometer data pipeline. Prior to 2008, reports on the SPIRE design and progress were made in various conference papers. This is the first refereed journal article and includes substantial new content on the calibration, in-flight testing and scientific performance.