Planetary cloud tracking

被引:0
|
作者
Liu, Tianshu [1 ]
Salazar, David M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Western Michigan Univ, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Kalamazoo, MI 49008 USA
关键词
GREAT-RED-SPOT; HIGH-RESOLUTION; ZONAL WINDS; POTENTIAL-VORTICITY; JUPITERS ATMOSPHERE; CASSINI ISS; DYNAMICS; FLOW; VOYAGER; GALILEO;
D O I
10.1007/s00348-022-03425-6
中图分类号
TH [机械、仪表工业];
学科分类号
0802 ;
摘要
From a perspective of experimental fluid mechanics, this review describes cloud-tracking methods to extract high-resolution velocity fields from publically available images of planets (such as Jupiter, Saturn and Earth) obtained from ground-based and space-based observations. These methods include manual tracking, correlation image velocimetry (CIV) and optical flow method (OFM) that have been applied to various images of planets. The relevant issues such as image navigation, image registration and metric conversion are also discussed. The accuracy of the open-source cloud-tracking algorithms is evaluated based on simulated cloud images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (GRS). As an example, the application of cloud tracking to the GRS cloud images obtained from NASA's space flight missions is discussed, progressively revealing the complex flow structures of the GRS. Although the cloud images of Jupiter and Saturn are mainly used in this paper, the cloud tracking methods are also applicable to satellite cloud images of Earth. As an extra example, OFM is applied to the satellite infrared images of Typhoon Rai to extract the flow structure of Rai's top layer. This review tries to open a window for experimental fluid dynamicists to explore intriguing planetary flows based on cloud images of planets. [GRAPHICS] .
引用
收藏
页数:29
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] Planetary cloud tracking
    Tianshu Liu
    David M. Salazar
    [J]. Experiments in Fluids, 2022, 63
  • [2] TRACKING OF PLANETARY TERRAINS
    LIEBE, CC
    [J]. IEEE AEROSPACE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS MAGAZINE, 1994, 9 (02) : 9 - 18
  • [3] DOPPLER TRACKING OF PLANETARY SPACECRAFT
    KINMAN, PW
    [J]. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, 1992, 40 (06) : 1199 - 1204
  • [4] Star Tracking for Planetary Rovers
    Enright, John
    Barfoot, Tim
    Soto, Marcela
    [J]. 2012 IEEE AEROSPACE CONFERENCE, 2012,
  • [5] Planetary nebulae in the Small Magellanic Cloud
    Ventura, P.
    Stanghellini, L.
    Di Criscienzo, M.
    Garcia-Hernandez, D. A.
    Dell'Agli, F.
    [J]. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2016, 460 (04) : 3940 - 3949
  • [6] PLANETARY NEBULAE IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
    LINDSAY, EM
    [J]. NATURE, 1959, 183 (4659) : 453 - 453
  • [7] PLANETARY NEBULAE IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
    WESTERLUND, BE
    SMITH, LF
    [J]. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 1964, 127 (05) : 449 - 457
  • [8] A Planetary Order (Terrestrial Cloud Globe)
    Callanan, Martin John
    [J]. LEONARDO, 2012, 45 (04) : 380 - 381
  • [9] The population of Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae
    Stanghellini, Letizia
    [J]. MAGELLANIC SYSTEM: STARS, GAS, AND GALAXIES, 2009, (256): : 421 - 430
  • [10] Horizontal structure of planetary-scale waves at the cloud top of Venus deduced from Galileo SSI images with an improved cloud-tracking technique
    Kouyama, Toru
    Imamura, Takeshi
    Nakamura, Masato
    Satoh, Takehiko
    Futaana, Yoshihumi
    [J]. PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE, 2012, 60 (01) : 207 - 216