Measurement Techniques

, Volume 56, Issue 11, pp 1263–1268 | Cite as

Determination of the True Temperature of an Object from Thermal Imaging Measurements

Thermal Measurements
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It is shown theoretically that it is possible to determine experimentally the true temperature of a distant object for unknown values of its emittance and attenuation factor of the IR-radiation in the intermediate medium – the atmosphere. Some experimental data are presented.

Keywords

true temperature IR-radiation thermal imaging equipment radiation flux density 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Mendeleev All-Russia Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM)St PetersburgRussia

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