Engineering topics
Publications and source records attributed to Salomonson, V. V..
Atmospheric ozone data in tropical regions from Nimbus 3 IR interferometer spectrometer measurements, indicating easterly jet stream existence during summer monsoon period
Meteorological uses of stereographic horizon map projection, permitting placement of map center at any point on earth
Simulation of sensor spatial resolution effects on estimates of cloud cover from satellites
Algorithm for converting polar stereographic projection to stereographic horizon projection
Nimbus III and IV meteorological satellite data obtained on a Michelson interferometer are used as a basis for sounding the vertical temperature and water-vapor and ozone content profiles in the atmosphere. Selection of suitable locations and bandwidths for making such soundings efficient is discussed. Several transmittance models of the atmosphere, and terrain properties and cloud emissivity effects as factors influencing the sounding results are considered.
Photographs from the Nimbus 3 and 4 image dissector camera systems and high resolution infrared radiometers illustrate and demonstrate their applicability in observing snow cover and other hydrological features. This collection of imagery shows the relative merits of daily observations of these features in the visible, near infrared, and far infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum with sensors having nominal spatial resolutions between 4 and 8 kilometers. Particular emphasis has been placed on observing features associated with the Indus River because of the economic and social importance of this in the lives of millions of people. The overall results clearly indicate that it is feasible to monitor quantitatively the extent of the snow cover over the Indus River watershed during a given year and from one year to another using meteorological satellite imagery.
Nimbus 3 satellite observations of ozone associated with easterly jet stream over India during 1969 summer monsoon
Seasonal sea surface temperature variations in Persian Gulf recorded by Nimbus 2 HRIR
Stepwise linear regressions method for estimating black body surface radiances from model atmospheres and corresponding simulated Nimbus 2 window-channel radiances
Visible and IR imagery by meteorological satellites measuring surface temperature, atmospheric circulation and state parameters, storm development and tracking, cloud motions, etc
Statistical properties of subtropical jet stream maxima over U.S. from Nimbus II IR radiometry
Nimbus 2 medium resolution infrared radiometer measurements on subtropical jet stream flows
Cloud statistics in Earth Resources Technology Satellite mission planning
Anisotropic solar reflectance over white sand, snow and stratus clouds using Nimbus F-3 radiometer and silicon cell pyranometer on Piper Twin Comanche
Anisotropy of reflected solar radiation from various surfaces as measured with aircraft- mounted radiometer
Anisotropy of reflected solar radiation from various surfaces as measured with aircraft-mounted radiometer