Range performance model for electro-optical systems

Roger Henri Arsenault; Steve Tritchew

doi:10.1117/12.372645

7 December 1999 Range performance model for electro-optical systems

Roger Henri Arsenault, Steve Tritchew

Proceedings Volume 3751, Airborne Reconnaissance XXIII; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372645
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1999, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The FLIR92 and Acquire programs are commonly used to predict the range performance of FLIR sensors. In this paper a high level electro-optical imaging sensor performance model is described which was developed and implemented in MathCad. Performance is characterized by a minimum resolvable contrast that is a function of spatial frequency. Based on a simple model for the atmosphere, target contrast as a function of range is derived. Comparisons of range predictions and experimental data are given.

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Roger Henri Arsenault and Steve Tritchew "Range performance model for electro-optical systems", Proc. SPIE 3751, Airborne Reconnaissance XXIII, (7 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372645

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