SBIR/STTR Research Award
CLOUD HEIGHT VELOCITY AND CHARACTERISTICS
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Micro Science Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE HEIGHT AND VELOCITY OF CLOUDS OVER A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE VISIBLE SKY CAN BE DETERMINED FROM THE GROUND BY MEANS OF TRIANGULATION WITH A PAIR OF CCD SENSORS. PATTERN RECOGNITION ON SHAPES CAN IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF CLOUDS. MOTION OF FEATURES OF THE SURFACES OF CLOUDS CAN IDENTIFY CLOUD DYNAMICS. WE PROPOSED TO CONSTRUCT AN INSTRUMENT USING OFF-THE-SHELF HARDWARE, AND APPLY COMPUTER ALGORITHMS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND TESTED IN SIMULATIONS BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IN ORDER TO PROVE THE CONCEPT.
Technology keywords
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