Standard Procedure for Target and Background Infrared Measurements

Abstract

Contents: Radiation sources; Targets; Background; Measurement of characteristics of targets, backgrounds, and intervening media; Target characteristics and methods of measurement; Target emission; Radiometer design; Use and calibration of radiometers; Reflection; Obscuration; Secondary targets or transposed characteristics; Background characteristics; Interaction of targets and backgrounds or contrast detection; Field chopper discrimination; Spatial variation; Temporal variation; Intervening media; Absorption; Scattering, Scintillation; Auxiliary measurements and data; General data; Meteorological measurements; Geometrical measurements; Auxiliary target specifications; Units and symbols; Presentation of data; Reduced and primary data; Graphical data preferred; Units of measurement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0259775

Entities

People

  • Cameron Cumming
  • Charles Rravitsky
  • Trevor S. Moss

Organizations

  • Office of the Director

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Attenuation
  • Attenuation
  • Background Radiation
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Amplifier
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Modulation
  • Optics
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.