AIRBORNE SYSTEM FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF INFRARED MISSILE SPECTRA,

Abstract

An airborne spectrometer and tracker system for quantitative spectral measurements of ballistic missile plumes in the wavelength region from 1.0 to 5.0 microns is described. Measurements are made at an altitude of about 40,000 feet. Eight spectra per second are recorded with a wavelength resolution of the order of 0.1 micron. The system NEFD is about 3 x 10 to the minus 10th power and 4 x 10 to the minus 12th power watts/sq. cm with a PbSe and InSb detector respectively. Data are processed on an IBM 7090 computer and a Stromberg Carlson 4020 microfilm plotter. Sample plots of H lambda and H lambda R2 are given. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 1964
Accession Number
AD0603541

Entities

People

  • D. E. Matlack
  • G. M. Black
  • H. A. Templin
  • J. M. Ellis

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Altitude
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Microfilm
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photography
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Analytical Mechanics
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.