Exit-sign image degradation in smoke: A quantitative simulation

Lighting Research & Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 177-188

  Bierman, A ^a   Raffucci, J ^a   Boyce, P R ^a   Decusatis, C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IMAGE RECORDING; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHTING; MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SMOKE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; IMAGE DEGRADATION; LAMBERT LAW; LUMINANCE; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; SCATTER COEFFICIENT;

IMAGE QUALITY;

EID: 0030420679     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14771535960280040101     Document Type: Article

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