PHOTOGRAMMETRY LECTURE NOTES

Relevant Links and References:

1. Holle, R.L., 1986: Photogrammetry of thunderstorms. Thunderstorms: A Social and Technological Documentary, Vol. 3 2d ed., E. Kessler, Ed., University of Oklahoma Press, 77-98. [Available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.]
2. Kingsmill, D.E., and R.M. Wakimoto, 1991: Kinematic, dynamic and thermodynamic analysis of a weakly sheared severe thunderstorm over northern Alabama. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 262-297.
3. Wakimoto, R.M., and N.T. Atkins, 1994: Observations of the sea-breeze front during CaPE. Part I: Single-Doppler, satellite, and cloud photogrammetry analysis, Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1092-1114.

Index of Topics

• What is cloud photogrammetry?
• Data Example - Dual-Doppler winds superimposed upon a cloud photograph
• Data Example - Clouds identified along a sea breeze
• Data Example - Cloud positions superimposed on reflectivity data delineating a sea-breeze front

last updated: 04/28/06