Standard Scenes Program for Establishing a Natural Scenes Data Base

摘要

An understanding of spatial & temporal variations of radiance in natural terrains is fundamental to accurate modeling & prediction of infrared target detection capabilities. To this end, six tracts of land in Northern Michigan were selected and extensively characterized in terms of their topography, soil, vegetation, & other physical features. Thermal imagery of these scenes & of military vehicles was recorded concurrently with weather data to provide a data base that covers a wide range of conditions. Selected clutter statistics & spectral analysis techniques were tested on this data base, in order to gain an insight to possible relationships between physical and meteorological parameters of the scene & image descriptive measures.