The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Abstract
PatentA new processing capability for desert dust enhancement
using imager data from the Sea-viewing Wide Field of View
Sensor (SeaWiFS) has been developed for Naval meteorology/
oceanography (MetOc) operations support. The data are
captured via direct broadcast high-resolution picture transmission
(HRPT) at Navy Regional Centers in Rota, Bahrain,
and Yokosuka, and processed at the Naval Research Laboratory
in Monterey. The raw data are calibrated, corrected
for missing lines and clutter, corrected for molecular scatter
contamination, and enhanced through multispectral combination
to yield value added products. The processing has
been automated completely such that products, generated
upon receipt of data, are hosted upon a password protected
website typically 60 to 90 minutes from time of initial
capture. This invention summarizes the Sea WiFS instrument
capabilities, the protocol followed for automated near realtime
processing, a physical basis for the NRL enhancements,
and specific examples of the products with extension to
over-land dust enhancement as enabled by MODIS. It closes
with a glimpse of the potential utility of these products from
the perspective of the warfighter
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