Performance metrics for an airborne imaging system

David Charles Dayton; John D. Gonglewski

doi:10.1117/12.565881

11 November 2004 Performance metrics for an airborne imaging system

David Charles Dayton, John D. Gonglewski

Proceedings Volume 5572, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems VII; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.565881
Event: Remote Sensing, 2004, Maspalomas, Canary Islands, Spain

Abstract

A series of airborne imaging experiments have been conducted on the island of Maui and at North Oscura Peak in New Mexico. Two platform altitudes were considered 3000 meters and 600 meters, both with a slant range to the target up to 10000 meters. The airborne imaging platform was a Twin Otter aircraft, which circled ground target sites. The second was a fixed platform on a mountain peak overlooking a valley 600 meters below. The experiments were performed during the day using solar illuminated target buildings. Imaging system performance predictions were calculated using standard atmospheric turbulence models, and aircraft boundary layer models. Several different measurement approaches were then used to estimate the actual system performance, and make comparisons with the calculations.

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David Charles Dayton and John D. Gonglewski "Performance metrics for an airborne imaging system", Proc. SPIE 5572, Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems VII, (11 November 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.565881

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