Statistical analysis of background IR emission in the 3 - 5.6 um and 8 - 14 um regions.
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Authors
Bayar, Sefik
Subjects
Apparent Radient Emittance
Infrared Background Noise
Infrared Background Noise
Advisors
Cleary, David D.
Date of Issue
1989-12
Date
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The amplitude distributions of the sky and sea background noise in the
3—5.6 fxm and 8—14 /mi spectral regions are analyzed. These background scenes were
obtained with an AGEMA 780 Thermovision sensor and recorded with the AGEMA
TIC—8000 data acquisition system. The amplitude distributions of 3—5.6 /mi clear
sky, 3—5.6 /im cloudy sky, and 8—14 /mi sea background noise sources obey Gaussian
distributions A Gaussian amplitude distribution does not provide a good fit to the
observed 3—5.6 /mi sea background data and the 8—14 /mi clear sky background.
Scene contamination may have caused the 3—5.6 /mi sea background to deviate from
a Gaussian distribution. In addition, the amplitudes of the 8—14 /mi clear sky
background fall into the non—linear portion of the dynamic range of the scanner. As
a result, no conclusion is made regarding the parent distributions for 3—5.6 /im sea
background or the 8—14 /im clear sky background.
Type
Thesis
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Department
Systems Engineering (SE)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
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Format
60 p.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.