INVESTIGATION OF INSTRUMENTATION AND TECHNIQUES FOR ARMY WEATHER OBSERVATION

Abstract

Resumption of operations with Weather Radar Set AN/CPS-9 at McCulloch Peak, Oregon, in February 1962 required a number of maintenance, repair, and adjustment steps to produce reliable weather radar data. In order to utilize the equipment to the greatest advantage while securing certain replacement parts, the staff explored experimentally the possibility of deriving more meaningful data from the weather radar echo video signal by recording on an R- scope photograph the echoes from individual pulses. Several operating periods also provided PPI photographs for ultimate comparison with TIROS photographs and for detailed analytical comparison with the precipitation data collected in a dense network of nearby observing points.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1962
Accession Number
AD0282326

Entities

People

  • Fred W. Decker
  • James W. Sears
  • Kenneth H. Shreeve

Organizations

  • Oregon State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Cameras
  • Contracts
  • Data Acquisition
  • Engineering
  • Instrumentation
  • Meteorological Radar
  • Meteorology
  • Observation
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Radar
  • Research Facilities
  • Stations
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design