Search Results - "Hillger, D. W."

Improved detection of airborne volcanic ash using multispectral infrared satellite data by Ellrod, Gary P., Connell, Bernadette H., Hillger, Donald W.

“…A technique for improved detection of airborne volcanic ash has been developed that uses three infrared (IR) bands from meteorological satellites. The three IR…”
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Spatial and Temporal Variations in Mesoscale Water Vapor Retrieved from TOVS Infrared Radiances in a Nocturnal Inversion Situation by Hillger, Donald W.

“…Mesoscale moisture fields are retrieved from TOVS (TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder) infrared radiances from two polar-orbiting satellites. A special feature…”
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Clustering of Satellite Sounding Radiances to Investigate Intense Low-Level Humidity Gradients by Fuelberg, Henry E., Rao, P. Anil, Hillger, Donald W.

“…Satellite-derived profiles of temperature and dewpoint (retrievals) are obtained using radiance data from the Visible–Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer Atmospheric…”
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Clustering of Satellite Sounding Radiances to Enhance Mesoscale Meteorological Retrievals by Hillger, Donald W., Purdom, James F. W.

“…Clustering is used to enhance mesoscale meteorological detail in retrievals produced from satellite sounding measurements. By placing sounding fields-of-view…”
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Objective Analysis of Discontinuous Satellite-Derived Data Fields for Grid Point Interpolation by Lipton, Alan E., Hillger, Donald W.

“…In retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture soundings from satellite infrared radiance measurements the raw data commonly used consist of dense fields…”
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Tackling the hydra, validation of the imagery environmental data record (EDR) and Cloud Mask by Kopp, T. J., Hillger, D. W., Heidinger, A. K.

“…Both the imagery and VCM validation efforts required extensive coordination with users and other validation teams, along with the validation effort itself…”
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Deriving Mesoscale Temperature and Moisture Fields from Satellite Radiance Measurements over the United States by Hillger, Donald W., Vonder Haar, Thomas H.

“…The ability to provide mesoscale temperature and moisture fields from operational satellite infrared sounding radiances over the United States is explored…”
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Detection of Important Atmospheric and Surface Features by Employing Principal Component Image Transformation of GOES Imagery by Hillger, D W, Ellrod, G P

“…The detection of dust, fire hot spots, and smoke from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) is made easier by employing the principal…”
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Principal Component Image Analysis of MODIS for Volcanic Ash. Part I: Most Important Bands and Implications for Future GOES Imagers by Hillger, D W, Clark, J D

“…In Part I of this paper, the infrared bands of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are analyzed for volcanic ash signals using principal…”
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Principal Component Image Analysis of MODIS for Volcanic Ash. Part II: Simulation of Current GOES and GOES-M Imagers by Hillger, D W, Clark, J D

“…In Part I of this paper the infrared bands of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) were analyzed using principal component image analysis…”
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Principal component image analysis of MODIS for volcanic ash. I - Most important bands and implications for future GOES Imagers by Hillger, D W, Clark, J D

“…In this paper, the infrared bands of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are analyzed for volcanic ash signals using principal component…”
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Principal component image analysis of MODIS for volcanic ash. II - Simulation of current GOES and GOES-M Imagers by Hillger, D W, Clark, J D

“…In Part I of this paper the infrared bands of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) were analyzed using principal component image analysis…”
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Principal Component Image Analysis of MODIS for Volcanic Ash. Part I: Most Important Bands and Implications for Future GOES Imagers by Hillger, Donald W., Clark, James D.

“…In Part I of this paper, the infrared bands of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) are analyzed for volcanic ash signals using principal…”
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Detection of Important Atmospheric and Surface Features by Employing Principal Component Image Transformation of GOES Imagery by Hillger, Donald W., Ellrod, Gary P.

“…The detection of dust, fire hot spots, and smoke from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) is made easier by employing the principal…”
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Principal Component Image Analysis of MODIS for Volcanic Ash. Part II: Simulation of Current GOES and GOES-M Imagers by Hillger, Donald W., Clark, James D.

“…In Part I of this paper the infrared bands of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) were analyzed using principal component image analysis…”
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The modern metric system on postage stamps by Hillger, Donald W, Sokol, Louis F

“…Many countries have issued postage stamps that display various aspects of the metric system. This article includes a beautiful color spread depicting these…”
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Guidelines for the Use of SI Units in Technical Writing and Presentations by Hillger, Donald W., Sokol, Louis F.

“…Beginning in 1975, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) adopted a strong International System of Units (SI) policy for its publications. AMS policy on SI…”
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