Accession Number:

AD0829942

Title:

A GUIDE TO SATELLITE CLOUD PHOTO INTERPRETATION,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVY WEATHER RESEARCH FACILITY NORFOLK VA

Personal Author(s):

• Lee, Roy
• Taggart, Charles I.

Report Date:

1968-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

3.0

Abstract:

Two tables have been assembled to serve as a handy desk-top guide for interpreting satellite cloud photographs. One table provides a brief description of the appearance of clouds as seen from altitudes on the order of 800 miles, in terms of such well-known characteristics of photographic images as size, shadow, tone, texture and pattern. The second table treats the meteorological interpretation of satellite photographs from the well-established approach used in the photo-interpretation field, namely, convergence of evidence. This approach can be thought of as consisting of three parts Tentative cloud identification by photo-interpretation techniques Direct evidence to confirm tentative interpretation and Indirect supporting evidence.

Descriptors:

• *CLOUDS)
• (*PHOTOINTERPRETATION KEYS
• TABLES(DATA)
• METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
• AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Cartography and Aerial Photography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE