Portable thermal reference for winter field studies

James Lacombe

doi:10.1117/12.21819

1 September 1990 Portable thermal reference for winter field studies

James Lacombe

Proceedings Volume 1311, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Infrared Scenes; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21819
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

When documenting the infrared images of targets and backgrounds it is usually necessary to place one or more sources having known surface radiances within the field-of-view of the imaging system in order to calibrate the imagery. Although a variety of commercially available thermal references (i.e. , "black bodies") exist they generally are very expensive and are not well suited for operating in the field under severe winter environmental conditions. A portable low-temperature thermal reference was recently developed at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) to calibrate infrared images of mines and snow backgrounds in winter.

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James Lacombe "Portable thermal reference for winter field studies", Proc. SPIE 1311, Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Infrared Scenes, (1 September 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21819

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