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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1155-2019
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Research article
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22 Feb 2019
Research article |
| 22 Feb 2019
| 22 Feb 2019
Aircraft-based stereographic reconstruction of 3-D cloud geometry
Tobias Kölling
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Meteorologisches Institut, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany
Tobias Zinner
Meteorologisches Institut, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany
Bernhard Mayer
Meteorologisches Institut, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany
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Short summary
Imaging technology allows us to quickly gather information on larger cloud fields. Unlike using lidar or radar, it is difficult to obtain accurate position information about the observed clouds. This work presents a method to retrieve the missing position information using RGB images from an airborne video camera. Using field campaign data, we observe and explain a median offset of 126 m compared to lidar data and show that systematic errors across the measurement swath are well below 50 m.
Imaging technology allows us to quickly gather information on larger cloud fields. Unlike using...
