Study of sunshine, skyshine, and earthshine for aircraft infrared detection

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Mahulikar, Shripad P ^a   Potnuru, Santosh K ^a   Arvind Rao, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Earthshine; Infrared imaging; Infrared signature; Low observables; Skyshine; Sunshine

Indexed keywords

EARTHSHINE; INFRARED SIGNATURE; LOW OBSERVABLES; SKYSHINE; SUNSHINE;

AIRCRAFT; FUSELAGES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INFRARED DETECTORS; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 70449413644     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/4/045703     Document Type: Article

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