DocumentCode
576518
Title
Predictions of plume radiation output as a function of artificial signatures
Author
Nwaneri, Sam ; Nwaneri, Benjamin Uchenna ; Weathersby, TeAmbreya
Author_Institution
Dept. of Adv. Technol., Alcorn State Univ., Alcorn State, MS, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
22-27 July 2012
Firstpage
5860
Lastpage
5863
Abstract
The category of plume radiation [1][2] discussed in this project is the characteristics molecular sensitivity or emission of water vapor (HO2v) and carbon dioxide (CO2), and other gases. [10] shows that the electromagnetic spectrum has specific bands that strongly represent this water vapor. At 2.7 and 6.3 μm, the weaker and stronger bands show. On the other hand, the CO2 is stronger at about 4.3 μm. The radiation is temperature-driven so the spatial thermodynamics and the surface emission of these two primary contents promote the plume or shifting radiation, which is transmitted irrespective of atmospheric attenuation. This temperature dependence affects pixel composition and velocity; hence, the plume that creates the target signature [4]. Continuous-point radiation category will be referred to as field radiation target [3]. It varies from smoldering forest fire to nuclear plant exhaust plume radiation, and further to hypervelocity jet engine exhaust plume radiation. In moderate discussions, this project evaluated two target categories: environmentally initiated and security initiated targets (EIT and SIT). To separate these targets, EIT is identified as taga and SIT, as target.
Keywords
air pollution measurement; radioactive pollution; CO2; artificial signature function; atmospheric attenuation; carbon dioxide; continuous-point radiation category; electromagnetic spectrum; forest fire; hypervelocity jet engine; pixel composition; plume radiation output predictions; spatial thermodynamics; surface emission; water vapor emission; water vapor molecular sensitivity; Absorption; Attenuation; Clouds; Gases; Radiometry; Surface treatment; Thermodynamics; Target emission; derived pixel; effective and brightness temperatures; emissivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Munich
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN
2153-6996
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6352276
Filename
6352276
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