Atlas of Infrared Imagery of the Sea Surface

This report is a collection of 192 examples of thermal imagery recorded from aircraft over bodies of water. These infrared pictures show the surface expressions of eddies, convection cells, currents, and thermal fronts in addition to sea ice, wind streaks, whitecaps, and waves. Explanatory informati...

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Main Author: Moser, Barbara J
Other Authors: SEMCOR INC MOORESTOWN NJ
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1978
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Infrared Detection and Detectors
*INFRARED IMAGES
*OCEAN SURFACE
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
CONVECTION(HEAT TRANSFER)
INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY
INFRARED SCANNING
INFRARED SPECTRA
LINE SCANNING
MAPPING
OCEAN CURRENTS
OCEAN WAVES
SEA ICE
THERMAL PROPERTIES
WIND
EDDIES(OCEAN CURRENTS)
FRONTS(OCEANOGRAPHIC)
THERMAL FRONTS
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA067731
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA067731
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Summary:This report is a collection of 192 examples of thermal imagery recorded from aircraft over bodies of water. These infrared pictures show the surface expressions of eddies, convection cells, currents, and thermal fronts in addition to sea ice, wind streaks, whitecaps, and waves. Explanatory information, such as portions of National Ocean Survey charts corresponding to some of the imagery, is provided. The imagery presented was recorded during the period May 1959 to May 1972 by seven airborne passive infrared line scanners (the Reconofax Camera; AN/AAD-2; Reconofax IV, Mark II; AN/AAR-30; AN/AAR-32; AN/AAR-35; and Reconofax XIIIA); brief descriptions of the equipment and a table of design and performance parameters are supplied. The imagery was recorded in the 3- to 5.5-micrometer and 8-to 14-micrometer spectral bands. Sensitivities of sets with the various detector types employed (Ge:Au, Ge:Cu, Ge:Hg, InSb, HgCdTe) ranged from 0.001 to 0.3 K; resolutions varied from 18.4 to 1.0 mrad.

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