Studies of desert dust devils with a sensor network, timelapse cameras and thermal imaging

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lorenz, Ralph D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ATMOSPHERIC DUST; CONVECTIVE VORTICES; DATA LOGGER; DESERT DUST; DUST DEVILS; DYNAMIC PHENOMENA; MARTIAN SURFACE; OPTICAL IMAGERY; ROBUST STATISTICS; SOLAR PANELS; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; SURFACE OF MARS; THERMAL IMAGING;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; CAMERAS; INFRARED IMAGING;

DUST;

EID: 77952804954     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2010.5446673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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