Passive remote monitoring of chemical vapors by differential fourier-transform infrared radiometry: Results at a range of 1.5 km

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1425-1434

  Thériault, Jean Marc ^a   Puckrin, Eldon ^a   Bouffard, François ^a   Déry, Bernhard ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHEMICAL VAPORS; DIMETHYL METHYL PHOSPHONATE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED RADIOMETRY; PLUME RADIANCE MODEL;

VAPORS;

EID: 1542336905     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.001425     Document Type: Article

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