Solids & Liquids

IR contrast of crude-oil-covered water

August 5, 2010

“Infrared contrast of crude-oil-covered water surfaces“, by Wei-Chuan Shih and A. Ballard Andrews, Optics Letters, Vol. 33, Issue 24, pp. 3019-3021 (2008) Abstract (Modified format for easier online viewing)

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Emissivity of thin oil films

August 5, 2010

Unpolarized emissivity of thin oil films over anisotropic Gaussian seas in infrared window regions,” Appl. Opt. 49, 2116-2131 (2010), by Nicolas Pinel, Christophe Bourlier, and Irina Sergievskaya is online at: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-49-11-2116. Abstract (Modified format for easier online viewing)

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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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Emissivity of human skin

June 30, 2010

Novel approach to assess the emissivity of the human skin J. Biomed. Opt., Vol. 14, 024006 (2009); DOI:10.1117/1.3086612 Published 6 March 2009 by: Francisco J. Sanchez-Marin, Sergio Calixto-Carrera, and Carlos Villaseñor-Mora Centro de investigaciones en optica, Loma del Bosque 115, Lomas del Campestre, Leon, Guanajuato 37150, Mexico Abstract: To study the radiation emitted by the [...]

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What the Heck is (Spectral) Emissivity?

February 10, 2010

Part One of Two from the mind of FLIR It health partners pharmacies starts: Fill two soda cans with hot water and wrap one with scotch tape. Which one will radiate more heat? You might be surprised at the answer (It has all to do with Spectral Emissivity, although this video continues the illusion that [...]

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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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