Enhanced IR point target detection by atmospheric effects

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4820, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 885-896

  De Jong, Arie ^a   Winkel, Hans ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmospheric propagation; Ducting; Infrared; IRST; Scintillation; Target detection

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

TARGET DETECTION;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0037648949     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.450545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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