Detecting cloud with a simple infra-red sensor

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 164-171

  Maghrabi, Abdullrahman ^a,b   Clay, Roger ^a   Riordan, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Infra red instrumentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957759237     PISSN: 03721426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2009.10887115     Document Type: Article

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