Rocket plume images photographed with the AFGL UV imager on a video system have been analyzed with a video digitizer and an MS-DOS* computer. The analysis consists of distortion-free rotation of the images to align the plume axis with the horizontal pixel direction, smoothing the images with appropriate image filters, plotting contours and brightness slices of the images, measuring the size from knowledge of the rocket's ephemeris, and correcting for atmospheric absorption. Similar analysis techniques will be presented for laboratory images showing the diffusion of an optically absorbing gas in air.
Quantitative Image Analysis Of UV Rocket Plumes And Laboratory Images
Ultraviolet Technology II ; 1988 ; Orlando,FL,United States
Proc. SPIE ; 0932
1988-08-16
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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