Comparison of diurnal contrast changes for millimeter-wave and infrared imagery

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Wilson, John P ^a   Mackrides, Daniel G ^a   Samluk, Jesse P ^a   Prather, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR PHYSICS; OPTICS;

CONTRAST CHANGES; FAR INFRARED; INFRARED IMAGERY; MILLIMETER WAVE (MMW); RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 77955964108     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000E31     Document Type: Article

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