R. A. Sutherland
University of Florida
10 Papers
147 Citations
R. A. Sutherland is an academic researcher from University of Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emissivity & Data acquisition. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 10 publications.
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Papers
Significance of Vegetation in Interpreting Thermal Radiation from a Terrestrial Surface
R. A. Sutherland,J. F. Bartholic +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the regions between crop rows are modeled as infinitely long diffuse cavities and geometrical view factors are calculated, accounting for reflected radiation emanating internal to the cavity and from the background sky.
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Satellite-sensed winter nocturnal temperature patterns of the Everglades Agricultural Area
Abstract: Surface temperature patterns of drained organic soil farmland in the Everglades Agricultural Area south of Lake Okeechobee, Florida, were studied using GOES-1 satellite infrared digital data for the winters of 1976-77 and 1977-78. Local thermal features were explained in terms of soil types, soil depths and climate modification caused by organic soil drainage. A cold-prone area was delineated in the Everglades Agricultural Area with satellite data. The winter nighttime surface temperatures of this area were more characteristic of north central Florida, approximately 370 km further north, than of surrounding areas of mineral soil or undrained organic soil.
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Emissivity correction for interpreting thermal radiation from a terrestrial surface
TL;DR: In this article, a general method of accounting for emissivity in making temperature determinations of graybody surfaces from radiometric data is presented, which differs from previous treatments in that a simple blackbody calibration and graphical approach is used rather than numerical integrations which require detailed knowledge of an instrument's spectral characteristics.
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Observations of the convective plume of a lake under cold-air advective conditions
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of Lake Apopka on downwind surface temperatures were evaluated under cold-air advective conditions, and the Bowen ratio was found to be in agreement with reported data.
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A Real-Time Satellite Data Acquisition, Analysis and Display System—A Practical Application of the GOES Network
TL;DR: In this article, a real-time satellite data acquisition, analysis and display system is described which uses analog data transmitted by telephone line over the GOES network, and results are displayed on the system color video monitor as 'thermal' images which originated from infrared surface radiation sensed by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES).
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