High Value Target Modeling for Tactical Decision Aids,

Abstract

As part of a program to select an optimal tactical weapon system for specified environmental conditions a procedure is presented for predicting the apparent infrared image of a target in a background that would be seen by an infrared sensor in a missile or airplane. Environmental effects are introduced through the exchange of energy between the target, atmosphere, and background by radiation, conduction, convection, and latent heat. The diurnal variation of the temperature and radiance of target and background surfaces are calculated including the effect of target orientation relative to the sun. Numerical calculations are presented for temperatures and radiances of the facets of a petroleum storage tank. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP002953

Entities

People

  • L. E. Link
  • Robert A Weiss

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Heat Energy
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Infrared Images
  • Latent Heat
  • Mathematics
  • Radiance
  • Storage Tanks
  • Tactical Decision Aids
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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