SOME FEATURES OF AIR DENSITY PROFILES UP TO THE MIDDLE STRATOSPHERE

Abstract

Per cent deviations of air density from the ARDC Model Atmosphere 1956 are presented for the following locations: Grand Bahama Island, West Indies; Patrick AFB, Florida; Tokyo-Haneda, Japan; International Falls, Minnesota; and Fairbanks, Alaska. Since frequency distributions of air density are often not normal, a mere presentation of formally computed statistics, such as, means and standard deviations has been omitted. Rather the levels of 0.15 per cent, 50 per cent, and 99.85 per cent cumulative percentage frequency were selected to represent median and 'extreme' conditions. The latitudinal and seasonal variations of air density in the different altitude layers are discussed. A separate section has been added under the heading 'Conclusions' to provide a summary of the essential findings. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 10, 1961
Accession Number
AD0282905

Entities

People

  • Werner H. Alfuth

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Bahama Islands
  • Data Science
  • Frequency
  • Information Science
  • Islands
  • Minnesota
  • Seasonal Variations
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Stratosphere
  • West Indies

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space