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Just-noticeable differences in atmospheric haze.

Ronald C Henry1

  • 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90089-2531, USA. rhenry@usc.edu

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)
|November 7, 2002
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This study analyzed how people perceive changes in object colorfulness through atmospheric haze. The findings indicate the deciview scale is not uniform and a 1-deciview change doesn't guarantee a noticeable haze perception.

Area of Science:

  • Atmospheric optics
  • Human perception
  • Visibility science

Background:

  • Atmospheric haze significantly impacts visual perception of object colorfulness.
  • The deciview scale is commonly used to quantify atmospheric haze, but its uniformity across visibility conditions is debated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally determine the just-noticeable difference (JND) for object colorfulness changes under natural atmospheric haze.
  • To compare the experimentally derived JND with the deciview scale's sensitivity.
  • To evaluate the uniformity and perceptual relevance of the deciview scale.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of existing experimental data on observer perception of colorfulness changes in natural environments.
  • Estimation of the just-noticeable difference (JND) from the collected perceptual data.

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  • Comparison of the estimated JND with corresponding changes on the deciview scale.

    • Main Results:

    • The deciview scale is not uniform across a broad spectrum of visibility conditions.
    • A change of 1 deciview does not consistently result in a perceptible change in haze.
    • The experimental JND suggests limitations in the deciview scale's ability to reflect actual perceptual changes in haze.

    Conclusions:

    • The deciview scale requires re-evaluation for its non-uniformity and perceptual validity in different visibility scenarios.
    • Current deciview scale increments may not accurately represent the human observer's threshold for perceiving haze-induced colorfulness changes.