The NOAA Passive Optical Crosswind Monitor

Abstract

The article describes an optical instrument that measures crosswinds by observing the scintillation of naturally illuminated scenes. Operating instruction, adjustment procedures, and circuit diagrams are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA006030

Entities

People

  • E. J. Goldenstein
  • G. F. Miller
  • G. R. Ochs

Organizations

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Calibration
  • Circuits
  • Commerce
  • Covariance
  • Crosswinds
  • Deflection
  • Detectors
  • Diagrams
  • Electronics
  • Frequency
  • Instructions
  • Measurement
  • Micrometers
  • Optical Instruments
  • Weighting Functions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Geodesy
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.