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Title: University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sky Imager Cloud Position Study Field Campaign Report

Abstract

During the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sky Imager Cloud Position Study, two University of California, San Diego Sky Imagers (USI) (Figure 1) were deployed the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE)’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Southern Great Plains SGP) research facility. The UCSD Sky Imagers were placed 1.7 km apart to allow for stereographic determination of the cloud height for clouds over approximately 1.5 km. Images with a 180-degree field of view were captured from both systems during daylight hours every 30 seconds beginning on March 11, 2013 and ending on November 4, 2013. The spatial resolution of the images was 1,748 × 1,748, and the intensity resolution was 16 bits using a high-dynamic-range capture process. The cameras use a fisheye lens, so the images are distorted following an equisolid angle projection.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
DOE ARM Climate Research Facility, Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1248491
Report Number(s):
DOE/SC-ARM-15-056
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-7601830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES

Citation Formats

Kleissl, J., Urquhart, B., Ghonima, M., Dahlin, E., Nguyen, A., Kurtz, B., Chow, C. W., and Mejia, F. A. University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sky Imager Cloud Position Study Field Campaign Report. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2172/1248491.
Kleissl, J., Urquhart, B., Ghonima, M., Dahlin, E., Nguyen, A., Kurtz, B., Chow, C. W., & Mejia, F. A. University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sky Imager Cloud Position Study Field Campaign Report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1248491
Kleissl, J., Urquhart, B., Ghonima, M., Dahlin, E., Nguyen, A., Kurtz, B., Chow, C. W., and Mejia, F. A. 2016. "University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sky Imager Cloud Position Study Field Campaign Report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1248491. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248491.
@article{osti_1248491,
title = {University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sky Imager Cloud Position Study Field Campaign Report},
author = {Kleissl, J. and Urquhart, B. and Ghonima, M. and Dahlin, E. and Nguyen, A. and Kurtz, B. and Chow, C. W. and Mejia, F. A.},
abstractNote = {During the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Sky Imager Cloud Position Study, two University of California, San Diego Sky Imagers (USI) (Figure 1) were deployed the U.S. Department of Energy(DOE)’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility Southern Great Plains SGP) research facility. The UCSD Sky Imagers were placed 1.7 km apart to allow for stereographic determination of the cloud height for clouds over approximately 1.5 km. Images with a 180-degree field of view were captured from both systems during daylight hours every 30 seconds beginning on March 11, 2013 and ending on November 4, 2013. The spatial resolution of the images was 1,748 × 1,748, and the intensity resolution was 16 bits using a high-dynamic-range capture process. The cameras use a fisheye lens, so the images are distorted following an equisolid angle projection.},
doi = {10.2172/1248491},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1248491}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}