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Victor S. Whitehead
Publications - 13
Citations - 90
Victor S. Whitehead is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Space Shuttle & Polarizing filter. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 13 publications receiving 89 citations.
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Polarized Views Of The Earth From Orbital Altitude
TL;DR: In this paper, a large number of polarized images of the earth's surface have been obtained from orbital altitude by means of a pair of boresighted and synchronized cameras fitted with orthogonally oriented polarizing filters and carried aboard the Space Shuttle.
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Earth scenes in polarized light observed from the Space Shuttle
TL;DR: In this paper, a large number of polarized images of the earth's surface have been obtained from orbital altitude by means of a pair of boresighted and synchronized cameras fitted with orthogonally oriented polarizing filters and carried aboard the Space Shuttle.
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Albedo Patterns and Gypsum Generation in the Central Namib Desert: Land, Sea and Air Interactions on an Arid West Coast
TL;DR: In the central Namib Desert, dune-free surfaces are separated abruptly from a sea of yellow and red sand dunes at the Kuiseb River canyon as discussed by the authors, and the off-white hues of the dune free area result from anomalously high surficial gypsum enrichment.
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Earth observations during Space Shuttle flight STS-29 - Discovery's voyage to the earth
Kamlesh Lulla,Michael R. Helfert,Victor S. Whitehead,David L. Amsbury,Michael Coats,John E. Blaha,James Buchli,Robert Springer,James Bagian,Cindy Evans +9 more
TL;DR: The environmental, geologic, meteorologic, and oceanographic phenomena documented by earth photography during the Space Shuttle STS-29 mission are reviewed in this paper, where a map of the nadir point positions of earth-viewing photographs from the mission is given and color photographs of various regions are presented.
Remote Sensing in Polarized Light
TL;DR: Preliminary analysis of polarized images of earth collected by hand-held cameras on Shuttle Missions 51A, 51G, 51I, and 61A indicate that information of the earth's surface and atmosphere exists in those data as mentioned in this paper.