Atmospheric Scene Simulation Modeling and Visualization.

Abstract

This report provides a review of the Cloud Scene Simulation Model (CSSM), an empirical cloud model developed to support high-fidelity training and simulation applications. TASC and the U.S. Air Force Phillips Laboratory have developed the CSSM to simulate realistic high-resolution cloud and precipitation features within domains defined by larger-scale weather conditions. The current version of the cloud model is built upon the CSSM developed previously for the Smart Weapons Operability Enhancement Program. It contains several key additions and enhancements to satisfy modeling and simulation requirements of the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) community. The model generates four-dimensional (three spatial and time) cloud and precipitation fields using a combination of stochastic field generation techniques and a simple convection model. Internal model parameters have been tuned to fit observed cloud data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1996
Accession Number
ADA312179

Entities

People

  • Eric O. Schmidt
  • John R. Stearns
  • Mark E. Raffensberger
  • Maureen E. Cianciolo

Organizations

  • TASC, Inc

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computational Science
  • Convection
  • Databases
  • Four Dimensional
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Heat Energy
  • High Resolution
  • Information Processing
  • Latent Heat
  • Meteorology
  • Optical Properties
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers