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Minzner et al. 1978
Minzner, R.A., Shenk, W.E., Teagle, R.D., Teagle, R.D. and Steranka, J. (1978). Stereographic cloud heights from imagery of SMS/goes satellites. Geophysical Research Letters 5: doi: 10.1029/GL005i001p00021. issn: 0094-8276.

Stereographic pairs of SMS/GOES images, generated simultaneously by the spin-scan cameras of each of two geostationary satellites (SMS 1 and SMS 2, separated by 32 degrees of longitude on February 17, 1975), have been analyzed photogrammetrically to yield cloud heights with a two-sigma uncertainty of 500 meters. The 32-degree angle between the image plane of the two satellites, plus the distortions involved in transferring the image of a nearly full hemisphere of the earth onto a plane, required the development of a special instrument to permit stereographic compilation. Cloud heights measured stereographically compared favorably with heights of the same clouds measured by radar and IR methods. The same SMS image pairs were used to measure mountain-top heights with a mean deviation of 0.24 km from cartographic values.

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