Accession Number:

ADA106755

Title:

Digital Filtering of TIROS-N Mid-Infrared Satellite Data.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS

Personal Author(s):

• Coulter,Robert E.
• Horton,Charles W.

Report Date:

1981-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

Considerable multiband noise, present in the mid-infrared band of TIROS-N images, obscures the location of oceanic fronts. A filtering scheme is described that, upon application to an image containing the Gulf Stream, reduced the noise to an extent where the surface front was clearly visible.

Descriptors:

• *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• INFRARED DETECTION
• DATA PROCESSING
• OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS
• GULF STREAM
• BANDPASS FILTERS
• DIGITAL FILTERS
• FRONTS(METEOROLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE