Haze-free and Cloud-free Lines-of-sight Through the Atmosphere

Haze-free and Cloud-free Lines-of-sight Through the Atmosphere
Author: Iver A. Lund
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Total Pages: 28
Release: 1972
Genre: Haze
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Clear and cloud-free line-of-sight probabilities have been derived from analysis of: (1) Whole-sky photographs, (2) visual sky cover observations, (3) jointly observed sky cover and sunshine, (4) satellite observations and (5) in-flight observations. The most accurate probabilities of cloud-free lines-of- sight through the entire atmosphere can be obtained from a model derived from several thousand whole-sky photographs and visual sky cover observations. The most accurate probabilities of both cloud-free and haze-free conditions through the entire atmosphere, or protions of the atmosphere, or portions of the atmosphere, can be obtained from the in-flight observations.

Photogrammetrically Determined Cloud-Free Lines-of-Sight at Columbia, Missouri

Photogrammetrically Determined Cloud-Free Lines-of-Sight at Columbia, Missouri
Author: Joseph Bernard Landwehr
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Total Pages: 416
Release: 1971
Genre: Clouds
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The probability of a cloud-free line-of-sight was determined at specified elevation angles and directions by using a camera with a 180 degree lens and infrared film to produce high-quality photograms of the sky. Three years of hourly data were used to analyze the probability with respect to the parameters of azimuth, elevation angle, season, time of day, sky cover, cloud type, and sunshine. A very unique probability surface as a function of sky cover and elevation angle of the line-of-sight, the two most important parameters, was constructed. The persistency of a cloud-free line-of-sight was determined by utilizing a summer season of photograms taken at five minute intervals. The persistency was analyzed for diurnal variations up to six hours of consecutive observations. (Author).

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Total Pages: 958
Release: 1972
Genre: Aeronautics
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