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Title:

AERIAL INFRARED SURVEYS: A HIGHWAY RESEARCH TOOL

Accession Number:

00202609

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

BASIC PRINCIPLES WHICH APPLY TO AIRBORNE INFRARED SYSTEMS IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING ARE PRESENTED, AND A PHILOSOPHY FOR THEIR APPLICATIONS IS SUGGESTED. A NEW KIND OF EYE WHICH RESPONDS IN A REGION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM MANY TIMES BROADER THAN THE VISIBLE PORTION AND SEES OBJECTS IN TERMS OF THEIR ASSOCIATED RADIATION FIELDS INSTEAD OF REFLECTED VISIBLE LIGHT IS DISCUSSED.

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Monograph Accession #:

01485990

Authors:

Becker, R E
Lancaster, C W

Pagination:

pp 55-63

Publication Date:

1966

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 142
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (4) ; Photos (5) ; References (2)

Subject Areas:

Design; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Nov 18 1994 12:00AM

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