ANTARCTIC TEMPERATURE STUDIES UTILIZING HRIR DATA FROM NIMBUS I.

Eighty nine orbits of Nimbus I High Resolution Infrared (HRIR) data (August 28 - September 22, 1964) were analyzed and compared to data from the reporting stations on the continent of Antarctica. Out of 281 station reports containing all types of weather typical of the Antarctic, it was found that t...

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Main Authors: Kerman, William Oscar, Jr., Frame, Don Dale
Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1966
Subjects:
Atmospheric Physics
Meteorology
Photography
Infrared Detection and Detectors
(*ANTARCTIC REGIONS
SURFACE TEMPERATURE)
INFRARED RADIATION
RADIOMETERS
INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY
WEATHER FORECASTING
METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
PHOTOINTERPRETATION
ICE
SNOW
CLOUDS
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
TEMPERATURE INVERSION
TEMPERATURE
NIMBUS
TIROS
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0803350
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0803350
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Summary:Eighty nine orbits of Nimbus I High Resolution Infrared (HRIR) data (August 28 - September 22, 1964) were analyzed and compared to data from the reporting stations on the continent of Antarctica. Out of 281 station reports containing all types of weather typical of the Antarctic, it was found that the surface temperature of stations reporting cloudless conditions correlated best with the HRIR temperatures interpreted from the HRIR film. This paper includes a discussion of the methods used and the difficulties encountered in extracting usable data from the low contrast HRIR pictures over a homogeneous ice and snow covered area. (Author)

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