Image processing methods to compensate for IFOV errors in microgrid imaging polarimeters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6240, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ratliff, Bradley M ^a   Boger, James K ^a   Fetrow, Matthew P ^b   Tyo, J Scott ^c   Black, Wiley T ^a  

^a APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal Plane Array; Image Processing; Long wave Infrared; Microgrid; Polarimeter; Polarimetry; Remote Sensing

Indexed keywords

FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; INSTANTANEOUS FIELD-OF-VIEW (IFOV); LONG-WAVE INFRARED (LWIR); MICROGRIDS;

DATA STRUCTURES; INTERPOLATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; POLARIMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 33747351754     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.666595     Document Type: Conference Paper

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