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Visibility
The Seeing of Near and Distant Landscape Features
Written by a pioneer in this field, this highly illustrated new work on visibility concepts provides new tools and the latest research on measuring and quantifying air quality as it relates to scenic landscape features, including discussions of perception questions, visibility metrics, and the history of visibility regulatory development
William Malm (Author)
9780128044506, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 3 May 2016
350 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.3 cm, 0.54 kg
Visibility: The Seeing of Near and Distant Landscape Features reviews the science of visibility from how to measure it quantitatively to its impacts by one of the foremost experts in the field. Carefully designed pedagogy allows a diversity of readers, from regulators to researchers to use this book to further their understanding of the field. Topics covered include the interaction of light with the atmosphere and aerosols, the transfer of light through the atmosphere especially as it relates to non-uniform haze layers, perception questions, including visibility metrics, image processing techniques for purposes of visually displaying effects of haze on scenic landscapes, visibility monitoring techniques, and the history of visibility regulatory development.
1. Introduction2. On the Nature of Light3. How the Transfer of Light (Radiation) Through the Atmosphere Affects Visibility4. Visibility Metrics5. Human Perception of Haze and Landscape Features6. Image Processing Techniques for Displaying Haze Effects on Landscape Features7. Monitoring Visibility8. A Brief History of Visibility as an Esthetic Concern
Subject Areas: Landscape gardening [WMQL], Applied ecology [RNC], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ], Physics [PH]
