Characterizing Clutter in the Context of Detecting Weak Gaseous Plumes in Hyperspectral Imagery.docVIP

Sensors 2006, 6, 1587-1615 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 ? 2006 by MDPI /sensors Full Paper Characterizing Clutter in the Context of Detecting Weak Gaseous Plumes in Hyperspectral Imagery Tom Burr *, Bernard R. Foy, Herb Fry, and Brian McVey Mail Stop F600, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM 87545, USA E-mails: tburr@, bfoy@, ha_fry@, bdm@ *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: tburr@ Received: 29 September 2006 / Accepted: 17 November 2006 / Published: 23 November 2006 Abstract: Weak gaseous plume detection in hyperspectral imagery requires that b