Measurement and analyses of thermal image sequences of natural backgrounds

Jan S. de Vries; Abraham J. Maas

doi:10.1117/12.137855

21 September 1992 Measurement and analyses of thermal image sequences of natural backgrounds

Jan S. de Vries, Abraham J. Maas

Proceedings Volume 1687, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137855
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Recognition and identification ranges for targets in backgrounds are determined by the combined signatures of both target and background. In order to improve our understanding of the temporal behavior of cluttered backgrounds at infrared (IR) wavelengths in varying meteorological conditions, a series of experiments are described to model the observed IR imagery using the basic meteorological parameters recorded by a synoptic weather station. The acquired imagery covers a period of 44 hours. A simple multi-linear regression model using the basic meteorological data as input adequately describes the observations. Generally, only one to four weather parameters are required to model the observed apparent temperatures.

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Jan S. de Vries and Abraham J. Maas "Measurement and analyses of thermal image sequences of natural backgrounds", Proc. SPIE 1687, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds II, (21 September 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.137855

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