Stereographic image

From Glossary of Meteorology



stereographic image

(Or stereo image.) A depiction of a three-dimensional object that results from stereoscopic viewing.

A stereo image is obtained by simultaneously viewing a cloud, for example, from satellites at different locations from which the height of the cloud may be determined.


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