Investigation of Celestial Navigation Quality using Satellite Remote Sensing
Abstract
This proposal is a collaborative effort between the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Dr. Jeff Reid at NRL Monterey to characterize the global impact of Meteorology (cloud and aerosols) and Oceanography (METOC) for ship based celestial tracking and navigation. The Wisconsin effort will focus on developing customized cloud and aerosol satellite data products, inverse navigation software, and provide radiative transfer calculations designed to provide global, high spatial resolutionquantitative metrics that can be used to define the probability of viewing navigable stars with a given luminosity. These data sets will be provided to NRL Monterey and integrated into the Navy modeling and analysis infrastructure with the goal of providing quantitative global high resolution metrics on the impact of clouds and aerosols for celestial navigation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jul 10, 2018
- Source ID
- N000141812313
Entities
People
- Robert Holz
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Wisconsin System