Documentation for the Semi-Automated Mesoscale Analysis System 1.2.

• Main Author: Peckinpaugh, Sarah H.
• Other Authors: NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Meteorology; Cartography and Aerial Photography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Computer Programming and Software; Optics; *INFRARED IMAGES; *GULF STREAM; *SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; COMPUTER PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; INPUT; INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; CODING; MODULES(ELECTRONICS); ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES; DATA DISPLAYS; COMPUTER FILES; ALTIMETERS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLOUD COVER; EDDY CURRENTS; SAMAS(SEMI AUTOMATED MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SYSTEM); CEOF(COMPLEX EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS); NSIPS(NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY SATELLITE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM); PV-WAVE(PRECISION VISUALS-WORKSTATION ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION ENVIRONMENT); PV-WAVE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; PE63207N; WUDN394464; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA294261; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA294261

Several software modules have been developed for or by the Naval Research Laboratory to automate the analysis and interpretation of satellite infrared imagery in the Gulf Stream region of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. The modules have been integrated to form the Semi-Automated Mesoscale Analysis System version 1.2 (SAMAS). This document provides the information required for an analysis to use SAMAS 1.2. This document provides descriptions of what the modules of SAMAS 1.2 do and describes user inputs and outputs. This document also provides information on the location of common source codes required for program development and data formats for input/output files.