Analysis of Visibility Observation Methods
Title | Analysis of Visibility Observation Methods PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick C. Hochreiter |
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Pages | 52 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Measuring instruments |
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This report concludes the first phase of the objective visibility observation task. It was primarily a literature search of state-of-the-art in visibility observations and measurements. This portion of the task was designed to provide background information on which to base future phases directed toward automated visibility observations.
Analysis of Visibility Observation Methods
Title | Analysis of Visibility Observation Methods PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick C. Hochreiter |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Airplanes |
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Technical Memorandum WBTM T & EL 9
Title | Technical Memorandum WBTM T & EL 9 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Environmental Science Services Administration |
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Pages | 52 |
Release | 1969 |
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Character Analysis by the Observational Method
Title | Character Analysis by the Observational Method PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Melvina Huntsinger Blackford |
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Pages | 184 |
Release | 1918 |
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Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Title | Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1126 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
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Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.
Visibility Over Land from Contrast Analysis of Multi-Spectral Satellite Observations
Title | Visibility Over Land from Contrast Analysis of Multi-Spectral Satellite Observations PDF eBook |
Author | Dominick A. Vincent |
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Pages | 69 |
Release | 2003-09 |
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ISBN | 9781423547655 |
The objective of this thesis is to investigate the viability of using contrast reduction in multi-spectral satellite observations to characterize surface visibility reduction due to heavy aerosol loading. Two methods are explored. First, the spectral distribution of standard deviation of surface reflectance over a homogeneous background (urban, agriculture, or forested) is plotted for three aerosol conditions (dust, smoke, and low aerosol loading). Second, the same cases are analyzed using a pixel-to-pixel differencing of surface reflectance. The spectral distributions of the means for the resulting difference fields are constructed. Each aerosol type was found to exhibit a relatively unique spectral distribution for both methods. Each background was found to exhibit a characteristic amount of contrast in the absence of heavy aerosol loading. The unique spectral characteristics for each aerosol- background combination may be correlated to aerosol optical depths or surface visibilities with corrections for sensor view angle variations, Rayleigh scattering, and masking of clouds and surface water. The spectral distribution- aerosol optical depth correlation can be used to build an empirical model for aerosol optical depth and surface visibility retrievals from satellite observations. This method may be applied to multi-spectral or panchromatic imagery, unlike current aerosol optical depth retrievals over land.
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Title | Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 1250 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Government publications |
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