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Overview
of Atmospheric Optics Website
The Atmospheric Optics Group is a research and development team specializing
in characterization and understanding of the atmosphere and its optical
characteristics. Current work includes monitoring cloud cover and sky
radiances for climate research, studies in cloud detection algorithms,
and measurements of cloud and sky dynamics for military support. The Atmospheric
Optics Group is currently best known for its development of digital autonomous
Whole Sky Imagers such as the one pictured
above.
Our
members are listed in the Personnel section.
We are part of the Marine Physical Laboratory,
which is part of the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography at the University of
California San Diego. To reach us, find the e-mail and phone numbers
under Personnel as well as the address under
Organization.
The
History of the Atmospheric Optics Group, with
sub-sections on Visibility and Image Transmission
is given in this section, as well as an Overview of current work.
The
organization of this web site is listed in the available Site
Map. You may link to any of these topics directly from here.
We
would like to express our appreication to our sponsors in the Air Force, Navy, Deutsche Wetterdienst, Department
of Energy, Army, and others who have sponsored our work over the years.
Produced
by the Marine Physical Laboratory, SIO.
Send questions, comments and suggestions about the Atmospheric Optics
Group website to:
webmaster@mpl.ucsd.edu
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