ON THE DIVISION OF THE ATMOSPHERE INTO LAYERS FOR DENSITY CALCULATIONS IN ATMOSPHERIC BALLISTICS

Abstract

Subdivisions of the altitude range from surface to 25 km into four to eight layers are presented. These layer combinations were chosen to provide optimum average fit of the corresponding step functions to a combined set of individual air density profiles from the northern hemisphere. Separation into zones such as tropical, temperate, and arctic would render optimum layers different from the presented northern hemisphere combination. The investigation is based on evaluation of samples from the radiosonde stations Guam, Wiesbaden, and Fairbanks. The samples were selected to approximate closely the climatological frequency of occurrence of density profiles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1962
Accession Number
AD0289259

Entities

People

  • Helmut P. Dudel
  • Oskar Essenwanger

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Ballistics
  • Computations
  • Geometry
  • Government Procurement
  • Military Research
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Radiosondes
  • Research Facilities
  • Sea Level
  • Standards
  • Step Functions
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Climatology