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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2005
Charles L. Walker, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Laurence S. Costin, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jody L. Smith, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mary M. Moya, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jeffrey A. Mercier, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Charles L. Walker, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Laurence S. Costin, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jody L. Smith, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Mary M. Moya, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Jeffrey A. Mercier, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for estimating the thermal properties of surface materials using long-wavelength thermal imagery by exploiting the differential heating histories of ground points in the vicinity of shadows. The use of differential heating histories of different ground points of the same surface material allows the use of a single image acquisition step to provide the necessary variation in measured parameters for calculation of the thermal properties of surface materials.