TEMPERATURES FOR WORLD AIR ROUTES AT HEIGHTS OF 10,000, 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 AND 53,000FEET WITH SUPPLEMENTARY SURFACE TEMPERATURES, Reviews in Geophysics No. 7
Abstract
Seasonal and annual great circle route temperatures in degrees Celsius are computed to 50, 75 and 85% reliabilities of occurrence, i.e. temper tures which are not expected to be exceeded 50, 75 and 85% of the time respectively. The temperatures and their standard deviations are computed over some 2000 selected air routes at the 10,000-, 20,000-, 30,000-, 40,000- and 53, 000-foot levels. The great circle distance between terminii is also tabulated. A 7090 was used to compute the route temperatures. Input data for the program consist, for each level, of a grid composed of the mean temperature and its standard deviation at the intersection of each 5 degrees of latitude with each 10 degrees of longitude between 60 degrees S and 60 degrees N and at the intersection of each 5 degrees of latitude with each 20 degrees of longitude south and north of 60 degrees S and 60 degrees N respectively. Supplementary airport surface temperatures are tabulated by month, quarter, half year and year for the 0, 50, 75, 85, 95 and 100% probability of not being exceeded. Lackey's method, adapted for the 7090, was used to compute the surface temperatures.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0286481
Entities
People
- Raymond M. Wells
Organizations
- Boeing