Presenting the Snowflake Video Imager (SVI)

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-179

  Newman, Andrew J ^a   Kucera, Paul A ^a,c   Bliven, Larry F ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW DISTORTIONS; DATA LOGGINGS; DATA PRODUCTS; FIELD OPERATIONS; FRAME RATES; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NEW INSTRUMENTS; SHUTTER SPEED; VOLUMETRIC DATUM; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WINTER CONDITIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; CAMERAS; IMAGE SENSORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DATA COMPRESSION;

AIRFLOW; DATA ASSIMILATION; HUMIDITY; ICE CRYSTAL; PIXEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWSTORM; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VIDEOGRAPHY; WIND FIELD;

BOULDER; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549157590     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1148.1     Document Type: Article

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