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Abstract:On January 29, 2012 at about 4:00 am a thick fog and smoke caused a multiple car
crash just south of Gainesville, Florida. 11 people were killed and 18 were
hospitalized. Nationally there are about 38,000 fog related accidents which result in
about 620 fatalities. Because of the continuous observations of all points within
Florida, the data from a geostationary satellite was used in which to better
anticipate the formation of fog along Florida roadways, and to identify fog when it
does form. The year of 2012 was chosen to examine where fog forms and if it is
possible to reliably detect fig, It was found that using the difference in two
frequencies in the infrared spectrum that have difference water absorption
characteristic, that it was possible to infer the presence of fog. However, many
non-foggy days also got included. It is though that other discriminates, such as
wind speed could reduce the false alarm rate.
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