Software for Generating Synthetic Passive Fourier Transform Infrared Interferograms and Single-beam Spectra.

Abstract

Software routines for generating synthetic Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra and interferograms are documented. Infrared radiative transfer models for passive FT-IR spectroscopy are furnished, providing a basis for simulating realistic spectral data. Laboratory passive FT-IR spectra and interferograms are shown to validate the software performance. Due to variability in reported absorption coefficients, it is found that simulated data are not a replacement for either laboratory or field quantitative measurements. However, the synthetic data capability provides a versatile resource for examining experimental results and a flexible tool for chemometric research into various signal processing strategies for passive FT-IR spectroscopy. The software routines in the "FTIR_Toolbox" are written in MATLAB. Complete program source code listings are provided in the appendix.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 12, 1999
Accession Number
ADA360501

Entities

People

  • Roger J. Combs
  • Ronald E. Shaffer

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Chemistry
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Interferograms
  • Measurement
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Remote Sensing
  • Signal Processing
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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