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<dl><dd>Thesis advisor(s): Cooper, Alfred W</dd>
<dd>"December 2000."</dd>
<dd>Thesis (M.S. in Applied Physics) Naval Postgraduate School, Dec. 2000</dd>
<dd>Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-148)</dd>
<dd>The influence of polarization filtering on maximum detection, recognition, and identification ranges of a generic second generation FLIR sensor is examined with a computational model. The scenario studied represents a second generation FLIR sensor mounted on an aircraft in level flight at 3OOm approaching a ship target. The target ship radiant signature is modeled with an advanced infrared signature prediction program, MuSES (Multi-Service Electro- Optic Signature) . A weather file representative of Midlatitude Summer at sea conditions was utilized. Polarized sea background and path radiance calculations are performed with a polarized version of the SEARAD Radiance and Propagation Code. Results showed that there is an improvement in maximum range of the sensor for detection, recognition, and identification tasks when a horizontal filter is included, provided that the target does not have a negative degree of polarization. For detection task the improvements were found to be 33.48%, 35. 65%, and 39.78% when the target has 0%, +2%, and +8% degree of polarization respectively. A better modeling of Apparent Temperature Difference (ATD) calculation is also developed. To improve the model use of polarized target model is recommended</dd>
<dd>Mode of access: World Wide Web</dd>
<dd>System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader</dd>
<dd>Turkish Army author</dd>
<dd>dk/dk cc:9116 6/7/01</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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Yildirim, Mehmet.</div>
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