Synthetic image generation of factory stack and cooling tower plumes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3082, Issue , 1997, Pages 175-186

  Kuo, Shiao D ^a   Schott, John R ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling tower plumes; Factory stack plumes; Plume analysis software; Remote sensing; Synthetic image generation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COOLING; COOLING TOWERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; REMOTE SENSING; TOWERS; WATER COOLING TOWERS;

AUTOCAD; COOLING TOWER PLUMES; FACTORY STACK PLUMES; METHYL CHLORIDE (MECL); MIE THEORY; NEW MODEL; PLUME ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; PLUME MODELING; RAY TRACING; SYNTHETIC IMAGE GENERATION; VIEW ANGLES; WATER DROPLETS;

COOLING WATER;

EID: 0003370258     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.280928     Document Type: Conference Paper

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