A Method of Instrumental Aerial Observations on Land Ice in the Sea (Spasob Instrumentalnykh Avyanablyudenii nad Materikovmi Ldami v More)

The measurement of the size and height of icebergs, and also huge hummocks and stamukhi, by means of an aerial perspective angle measuring instrument is discussed and the degree of accuracy in the measurements is determined. Also the advantages of the method in aerial reconnaissance flights is point...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Betin,V. V., Zhadrinskii,S. V., Uralov,N. S.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1961
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Test Facilities
Equipment and Methods
(*SEA ICE
AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE)
(*MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
AIRBORNE)
ICE ISLANDS
ACCURACY
MEASUREMENT
BALTIC SEA
USSR
*ICEBERGS
TRANSLATIONS
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0720160
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Summary:The measurement of the size and height of icebergs, and also huge hummocks and stamukhi, by means of an aerial perspective angle measuring instrument is discussed and the degree of accuracy in the measurements is determined. Also the advantages of the method in aerial reconnaissance flights is pointed out. (Author) Trans of Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya (USSR) n5 p51-54 1959, by M. Slessers. Also available as TT-61-28006.

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