Elastic LADAR modeling for synthetic imaging applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4816, Issue , 2002, Pages 144-155

  Burton, Robin R ^a   Schott, John R ^a   Brown, Scott D ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Elastic scattering; Geometrical form factor; Hyperspectral; LADAR; Synthetic image generation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SENSORS; LASERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SCINTILLATION;

DIGITAL IMAGING AND REMOTE SENSING IMAGE GENERATION; ELASTIC SCATTERING; GEOMETRICAL FORM FACTOR; HYPERSPECTRAL; LASER DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEMS;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0036980855     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451630     Document Type: Article

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