". . .The author provides a great deal of material derived from his extensive experience in designing and simulating infrared systems. Much of this material is not available elsewhere in book form. . .The treatment of hardware design tradeoffs is excellent. . . The book also provides unusual depth on hardware and algorithms for detection and track estimation. "---Optics & Photonics News". . .a valuable overview. . .useful to both those working in the field or attempting to design systems. "---Indian Journal of Physics

• What is infrared?; infrared radiometry; infrared sources; atmospherics; optics; detectors and focal planes; starers versus scanners; thermal images; signal processing; systems; processors; refridgerators; testing; simulation and modelling; visual magnitudes and plates, spheres and cylinders under solar illumination.

". . .The author provides a great deal of material derived from his extensive experience in designing and simulating infrared systems. Much of this material is not available elsewhere in book form. . .The treatment of hardware design tradeoffs is excellent. . . The book also provides unusual depth on hardware and algorithms for detection and track estimation. "---Optics & Photonics News". . .a valuable overview. . .useful to both those working in the field or attempting to design systems. "---Indian Journal of Physics

• What is infrared?; infrared radiometry; infrared sources; atmospherics; optics; detectors and focal planes; starers versus scanners; thermal images; signal processing; systems; processors; refridgerators; testing; simulation and modelling; visual magnitudes and plates, spheres and cylinders under solar illumination.

". . .The author provides a great deal of material derived from his extensive experience in designing and simulating infrared systems. Much of this material is not available elsewhere in book form. . .The treatment of hardware design tradeoffs is excellent. . . The book also provides unusual depth on hardware and algorithms for detection and track estimation. "---Optics & Photonics News". . .a valuable overview. . .useful to both those working in the field or attempting to design systems. "---Indian Journal of Physics

• What is infrared?; infrared radiometry; infrared sources; atmospherics; optics; detectors and focal planes; starers versus scanners; thermal images; signal processing; systems; processors; refridgerators; testing; simulation and modelling; visual magnitudes and plates, spheres and cylinders under solar illumination.