Upgrading the Day/Night Whole Sky Imager from Manual/Interactive to Full Automatic Control.

Abstract

The Whole Sky Imager (WSI) is a ground-based system for assessment of cloud cover over the full upper hemisphere. Using a fish-eye lens and a slow scan CCD sensor, it acquires imagery through daylight, into moonlight and starlight conditions. At the start of this contract, the new Day/Night WSI was in brassboard configuration. This contract funding enabled MPL to complete assembly of the system, acquire system calibrations for measuring system characteristics, and develop algorithms for control of the system. The WSI was fielded and cloud decision algorithms were developed based on the acquired test data. (AN)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA292296

Entities

People

  • Janet E. Shields
  • Monette E. Karr
  • Richard W. Johnson

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Automatic
  • Calibration
  • California
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Daylight
  • Ground Based
  • Images
  • Military Research
  • Moonlight
  • Technical Information Centers

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.