Title :
Progress toward outdoor non-contact temperature retrieval
Author :
Yuan, Ding ; Williams, Gustavious P.
Author_Institution :
Bechtel Nevada, NV, USA
Abstract :
An outdoor non-contact temperature retrieval algorithm using graybody assumption is under development for supporting the U.S. Department of Energy´s Remote Sensing Test and Evaluation mission. This paper reports the initial progress of the development.
Keywords :
Fourier transform spectrometers; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; infrared spectrometers; radiative transfer; remote sensing; Nevada Test Site; Remote Sensing Test and Evaluation mission; US Department of Energy; atmospheric emittance; graybody assumption; graybody-equivalent emissivity; graybody-equivalent temperature; noncontact temperature retrieval; temperature retrieval algorithm; Atmospheric measurements; Equations; Fourier transforms; Infrared sensors; Infrared spectra; Remote sensing; Surface waves; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1369824
