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Chord Construction for Correcting Aerial Smoothing
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EngineeringAerospace SystemComputer-aided DesignStructural OptimizationCelestial DistributionSmoothing EffectAstronomical Coordinate SystemAeronauticsGraphical MethodAtmospheric ScienceAstronomical Image AnalysisComputational GeometrySatellite ImagingGeodesyGeometric ModelingThermal Inertia MappingChord ConstructionAstrophysicsAerial RoboticsAerospace EngineeringNatural SciencesPhotometry (Optics)
A graphical method is given for correcting the smoothing effect which arises when a celestial distribution of brightness temperature is scanned with an aerial beam. The method is much simpler to apply than previous methods which have been used and is no less accurate.