An Initial Study of Power Spectra from Satellite Imagery,

Abstract

Air Force Global Weather Center (AFGWC) routinely generates a global cloud analysis called 3-D Nephanalysis (3-D Neph). At 15 levels in the atmosphere and for 25-mile square boxes, the cloud field is defined as clearly as possible with available data. All modes of data (surface, radiosonde, aircraft and satellite), are pre-processed and used prior to utilization by 3-D Neph by means of a decision tree process. This report reviews breifly the current approach at AFGWC, and the proposed method of processing increased amounts of data with a higher level of sophistication and greater efficiency. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058483

Entities

People

  • Ronald F. Fournier

Organizations

  • Regis University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Amplitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Brightness
  • Clouds
  • Coefficients
  • Databases
  • Discrete Fourier Transforms
  • Fast Fourier Transforms
  • Frequency
  • Hard Copy
  • Power Spectra
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Spectra
  • Statistics
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Space