Polarization azimuth angle in daylight scenes

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Matchko, Roy M ^a,b   Gerhart, Grant R ^a,b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Development and Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital imaging; Image acquisition and recording; Image processing; Polarimetry; Polarization azimuth angle; Rayleigh scattering; Skylight; Visual polarization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECORDING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT SOURCES; POLARIMETERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

DAYLIGHT SCENES; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGING; IMAGE ACQUISITION; LINEARLY POLARIZED SCATTERED RADIATION; POLARIZATION AZIMUTH ANGLE; SINGULAR SCATTERING PHENOMENA; VISUAL POLARIZATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 19044387166     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1847656     Document Type: Article

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