Climatological Probability of Cloud-Free Line-Of-Sight

Abstract

This report describes how the climatological frequency distribution of cloud-cover is obtained and used to compute the climatological probability of cloud-free line-of-sight, or CFLOS. The probabilities can be estimated for an instantaneous point in time or for a specified time window (i.e., the probability of a continuous CFLOS for a time period of t minutes). The procedures outlined in the report are used by the USAF Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAFETAC) CPCFLOS computer program. An appendix describes the Burger Aerial Algorithm.... Climatology, Weather, Meteorology, Clouds, Cloud cover, Sky cover, Earth cover, Observations, Analysis, Cloud analysis, Nephanalysis, Line-of-Sight, Cloud-Free line-of-sight, Probabilities, Statistics, Computer programs, Algorithms, Burger aerial algorithm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA260139

Entities

People

  • Anthony J. Warren

Organizations

  • Air Force Technical Applications Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Cloud Cover
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Equations
  • Line Of Sight
  • Markov Processes
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Statistics
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computer Vision.
  • Statistical inference.