Accession Number:

ADA017079

Title:

Regression of Atmospheric Dust Data to Analytic Dermendjian Gamma Distribution Functions.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING LAB REDSTONE ARSENAL ALA ADVANCED SYSTEMS CONCEPTS OFFICE

Personal Author(s):

• Fowler,B. W.

Report Date:

1975-08-25

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

This report presents a discussion of the fitting schemes for the regression of dust data to Dermendjian-type Gamma functions. These fitting techniques are demonstrated with actual field data and their shortcomings are indicated. Author

Descriptors:

• *Atmosphere models
• *Dust
• *Aerosols
• Special functions(Mathematical)
• Infrared radiation
• Atmospheres
• Visibility
• Fitting functions(Mathematics)
• Algorithms
• Regression analysis
• Transformations(Mathematics)
• Iterations

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE