Cloud Base Height Estimation Using a Low-Cost Digital Camera

Cloud height, wind speed and direction at cloud height play an important role in air safety. This paper presents a low-cost system based on digital consumer cameras to estimate cloud base height. It is shown that both wind speed and direction at cloud level can also be obtained with this system. The...

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Main Author: Janeiro, Fernando M. (author)
Other Authors: Wagner, Frank (author), Ramos, Pedro M. (author), Silva, A. M. (author)
Format: lecture
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Cloud height
Digital imaging
environmental measurements
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10174/2019
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/2019

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http://hdl.handle.net/10174/2019

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