Comparison of Infrared and Millimeter-Wave Imager Performance in Adverse Weather Conditions

Abstract

This report compares the performance of infrared and millimeter-wave imagers in various weather conditions (rain, fog, clouds, and, to a lesser extent, snow). It then examines how often these weather conditions occur each season at selected areas around the world. The data for the frequency of occurrence of the adverse conditions were taken from a 1992 climatology module that used inputs from 795 meteorological stations around the world.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA334561

Entities

People

  • Brian Riely

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Attenuation
  • Cloud Cover
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Europe
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Long-Wavelength Infrared Radiation
  • M Band
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Radar
  • Recognition
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Weather Stations

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • 5G