Upgrade the University of Wisconsin Volume Imaging Lidar

Abstract

This grant provided funds to upgrade the University of Wisconsin Volume Imaging Lidar. A new computer system was purchased to increase data acquisition and data processing rates. Lidar data algorithms execute 20 to 50 times faster on the new IBM RS/6000 model 550 than on the old Digital Equipment Corp. VAX 750. The new computer has allowed us to begin systematically processing all of the 20 Gbyte data set acquired in the 1989 FIFE program. This report describes applications of the new computer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA255476

Entities

People

  • E. W. Eloranta

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Backscattering
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cirrus Clouds
  • Computers
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Sets
  • Laser Radar
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Universities
  • Wind Velocity
  • Wisconsin

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Computer Science.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.