Measured comparison of the crossover periods for mid- and long-wave IR (MWIR and LWIR) polarimetric and conventional thermal imagery

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 15704-15713

  Felton, M ^a   Gurton, K P ^a   Pezzaniti, J L ^b   Chenault, D B ^b   Roth, L E ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Polaris Sensor Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; WAVES;

DIURNAL STUDY; LWIR SOURCES; MWIR SOURCES; THERMAL EMISSIONS; THERMAL IMAGERY; TIME PERIODS; WAVEBANDS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 77954920959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.015704     Document Type: Article

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