Infrared System Engineering

This classic opens with a history of the development of the infrared portion ofthe spectrum probes the system engineering process and then examines thecharacter... » 

This classic opens with a history of the development of the infrared portion ofthe spectrum probes the system engineering process and then examines thecharacteristics of the successful system engineer. The next eleven chaptersdelve deeply into the elements of infrared technology. Chapter 13 explains thefunctional relationships between the various system elements and the effects oftheir interactions when assembled into a system. In Chapter 14 the reader isinvited to watch the development of an infrared search system for commercialjet transports. Part II contains an indepth treatment of the applications ofinfrared techniques to the solution of military industrial medical andscientific problems. It contains nearly 1400 annotated references to theinfrared literature of the world. The annotations summarize the contentdescribe the hardware details its performance and examine the significantresults. The references are carefully arranged extensively indexed and doesnot contain citations to the classified or report literature a featureappreciated by most readers. For those readers having the necessarycredentials Appendix 4 is a guide to the unpublished and classified literatureof the infrared. «