Temporal behavior of natural terrain radiance at infrared wavelengths

Max P. Bleiweiss; Christopher D. Padilla

doi:10.1117/12.243011

17 June 1996 Temporal behavior of natural terrain radiance at infrared wavelengths

Max P. Bleiweiss, Christopher D. Padilla

Proceedings Volume 2742, Targets and Backgrounds: Characterization and Representation II; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243011
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1996, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Because most infrared (IR) observations of natural terrain are made at infrequent or widely spaced time intervals, information on the high time resolution variation in background radiance is lacking. This is in spite of the fact that meteorological and other influences can cause apparent radiance to change by amounts equivalent to a few degrees Kelvin in seconds or tens of seconds. Infrared imagery acquired during the recent Smart Weapons Operability Enhancement Joint Test and Evaluation (SWOE JT&E) allows the investigation of the nature of IR radiance fluctuations with high time resolution under a variety of diurnal and meteorological conditions. Specifically, during the Grayling I deployment, images were acquired at the rate of 6.25 frames per second, for 10 seconds, every 5 minutes during each of the 2-hr mission periods. There were 107 mission periods during the 41 days of the test. A portion of these images have been segmented according to homogeneous features (homogeneity determined independently) and histograms of apparent temperature within those features (8 in number) have been processed to arrive at several first order statistics (mean, variance, etc.) as a function of time. The nature of the fluctuations as a function of meteorological, atmospheric, and diurnal conditions is discussed.

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Max P. Bleiweiss and Christopher D. Padilla "Temporal behavior of natural terrain radiance at infrared wavelengths", Proc. SPIE 2742, Targets and Backgrounds: Characterization and Representation II, (17 June 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.243011

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