EMPIRICAL COMPARISONS OF METEOROLOGICAL ROCKET WIND SENSORS
Abstract
Graphical comparisons of the wind responses of several meteorological rocket sensors are presented to demonstrate the applicability of the contemporary systems the problem of measuring winds at altitudes in excess of those attainable by normal balloon techniques. Data are presented for component winds derived from chaff, parachutes, spheres, and standard radiosondes. To avoid masking the basic data, response corrections have not been applied. These data indicate that the parachute and sphere provide a generally acceptable accuracy to 200,000 feet without application of fall-rate corrections, while optimized chaff is expected to provide acceptable data to 250,000 feet. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0265391
Entities
People
- Kenneth R. Jenkins