the seeing of near and distant landscape features /
First Statement of Responsibility
William C. Malm
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 333 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Visibility: The Seeing of Near and Distant Landscape Features is the only book of its kind in the field, written by the world's leading expert on the topic. Carefully designed pedagogy allows a diversity of readers, from regulators to researchers, to use this book to further their understanding of the field. It reviews the science of visibility, encompassing its history, methodologies and impacts. Topics covered include the interaction of light with the atmosphere and aerosols; the transfer of light through the atmosphere, especially as it relates to nonuniform haze layers; perception, including visibility metrics; image processing techniques for the purpose of visually displaying the effects of haze on scenic landscapes; visibility monitoring techniques; and the history of visibility regulatory development."--Page 4 of cover