Characteristics of Water Vapor Tracked Winds

Authors

Frederick R. Mosher, University of Wisconsin-MadisonFollow

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Applied Aviation Sciences

Document Type

Report

Publication/Presentation Date

8-20-1981

Abstract/Description

Wind measurements were obtained by tracking water vapor features on Meteosat and GOES-VAS 6.7 micron water vapor images. While pure water vapor features are fuzzy, there are discernible features which can be tracked. An investigation of preprocessing algorithms designed to bring out the features to be tracked showed that high pass filters tended to bring out the noise in the image, while low pass filters washed out the features. Sliced linear gray scale stretching under operator control gave the best enhancement to the water vapor features.

Sponsorship/Conference/Institution

Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Location

Madison, WI

Paper Number

SSEC Publication No.81.08.M1

Number of Pages

54

Grant or Award Name

ONR Contract N00014-80-C-0632

Additional Information

Dr. Mosher was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Mosher, F. R. (1981). Characteristics of Water Vapor Tracked Winds. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/544