The effects of thermal equilibrium and contrast in LWIR Polarimetric images

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 15161-15167

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LONG-WAVE INFRARED (LWIR) POLARIMETRIC SIGNATURES; POLARIMETRIC IMAGES; THERMAL EMISSION; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 36248930532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.015161     Document Type: Article

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