METEOROLOGICAL ROCKET THERMOMETRY
Abstract
The development of direct thermometry between 70,000 and 200,000 feet using sounding rockets has presented the researcher with a new and valuable tool for studying the upper atmosphere. This paper presents the development of nose cone Gamma, a temperature sensor-telemetry system designed to be carried aloft by the Arcas rocket and utilize a parachute descent. With the initiation of regular rocket soundings, periodic fluctuations were noted on the temperature recorder traces as the instrument approached and passed the 100,000- to 70, 000-foot layer. Tests have been underway since January 1962 in an effort to explain these fluctuations, and current evidence indicates that they are a result of heat flow associated with oscillations of the instrument package on its parachute as it passes through this layer.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0282645
Entities
People
- George Q. Clark
- John G. Mccoy