Influence of atmospheric turbulence on imaging quality of electro-optical sensors in different climates

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5237, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-12

  Weiss Wrana, Karin R ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aperture averaging; Atmospheric turbulence; Point spread function PSF; Scintillation; Spatial resolution; Structure parameter of index of refraction C n2; Turbulence modulation transfer function MTF

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFRACTION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

APERTURE AVERAGING; ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSORS; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF); SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRUCTURE PARAMETER OF INDEX OF REFRACTION CN2; TURBULENCE MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION (MTF);

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 1942503974     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.511801     Document Type: Conference Paper

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