Fundamentals in Visibility.

Abstract

It is the purpose of this report to outline research results which define the fundamentals of visibility acuity. The report will deal with the following subjects: visual acuity of the human eye; determination minimum visibility; acuity and sensitivity; visibility of light sources; brightness and illumination of sky and terrain and changes from day to night; the color of skylight; and the variation of visibility during a day.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA040836

Entities

People

  • Herbert B. Holl

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Color Temperature
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Identification
  • Illumination
  • Latitude
  • Light Sources
  • Luminance
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences
  • Radiation
  • Recognition
  • Shape
  • Visual Acuity

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.