Micro-scale modeling of contaminant effects on surface optical properties

M. G. Gartley; J. R. Schott; S. D. Brown

doi:10.1117/12.796428

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27 August 2008 Micro-scale modeling of contaminant effects on surface optical properties

M. G. Gartley, J. R. Schott, S. D. Brown

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Proceedings Volume 7086, Imaging Spectrometry XIII; 70860H (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.796428
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The optical properties of a surface may change significantly in response to contaminants from the environment and/or human activity. We utilize a first principles, physics-based radiometric ray tracing software package to evaluate the spectral polarimetric bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) of the virgin and contaminated surfaces. In the absence of contaminants, we find the simulated reflectance properties of randomly rough Gaussian surfaces to be well represented by micro-facet based polarimetric BRDF models. However the addition of contaminants introduces phenomenology that falls outside the basic assumptions of the micro-facet BRDF models. We present results of BRDF simulations of painted surfaces with liquid and solid contaminants.

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M. G. Gartley, J. R. Schott, and S. D. Brown "Micro-scale modeling of contaminant effects on surface optical properties", Proc. SPIE 7086, Imaging Spectrometry XIII, 70860H (27 August 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.796428

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