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Noncontact multiband emissivity measurements

June 12, 2011

Proc. SPIE 5124, 240 (2003); doi:10.1117/12.517121 Conference Title: Optoelectronic and Electronic Sensors V Conference Chairs: Wlodzimierz Kalita Abstract Adam Mazikowski Gdansk Univ. of Technology (Poland) During last decade an increasing interest in passive multiband systems for temperature measurement was noted. However, recent studies showed that multiband systems are capable of producing accurate results of non-contact [...]

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Emissivity of Human Skin in the Waveband between 2 & 6 micrometers

December 22, 2010

From a Nature Article of the same title: By DAVID J. WATMOUGH & R. OLIVER, Department of Radiation Physics, Churchill Hospital, Oxford. Citation: Nature 219, 622 – 624 (10 August 1968); doi:10.1038 Abstract: The emissivity of human skin epsilon(lambda) in the range 2micro to 6micro has recently assumed considerable importance because of the increasing medical [...]

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Measurement of the surface emissivity of turbid waters

October 8, 2010

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, Volume 5, Number 4, 363-369, DOI: 10.1007/BF02843818 “Measurement of the surface emissivity of turbid waters”, Liu Wenyao, R. T. Field, R. G. Gantt and V. Klemas http://www.springerlink.com/content/8102732046620458/ Abstract For interpreting thermal IR imagery of the ocean surface, the emissivity of the sea surface is usually assumed to be constant, [...]

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Thermal infrared remote sensing of crude oil slicks

August 5, 2010

In: Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 45, Issue 2, August 1993, Pages 225-231. by John W. Salisbury a, Dana M. D’Aria a and Floyd F. Sabins Jr.b aDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore U.S.A. bChevron Oil Field Research Company, La Habra, California U.S.A. (Abstract Online) With all the interest on the [...]

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ASTM E307 – 72(2008) Standard Test Method for Normal Spectral Emittance

December 8, 2009

At Elevated Temperatures Developed by ASTM Subcommittee: E21.04, on Space Simulation Test Methods, and in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Volume 15.0 Space Simulation; Aerospace and Aircraft; Composite Materials Quoting from the standard’s Scope: 1. Scope 1.1 This test method describes a highly accurate technique for measuring the normal spectral emittance of electrically conducting [...]

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Measurements of Pool-Fire Temperature Using IR Technique. (419 K)

May 12, 2009

By Qian, C.; Saito, K. Ref: Combustion Institute/Central and Western States (USA) and Combustion Institute/Mexican National Section and American Flame Research Committee. Combustion Fundamentals and Applications. Joint Technical Meeting. Proceedings. April 23-26, 1995, San Antonio, TX, Gore, J. P., Editor(s), 81-86 pp, 1995. Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Abstract: We made [...]

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