WIND, WIND SHEAR AND TURBULENCE REPRESENTATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC BALLISTICS

Abstract

Four topics in wind analysis are briefly discussed. Research endeavors to treat the vertical variation of the wind profile as an entity considering simultaneous occurrences of the wind vector are described. This new approach, the so-called characteristics method, exhibits ad vantages over other methods. Profiles with maximum speed values in the frequency distribution of height levels are analyzed and two major types are discussed. Preliminary results of the investigation of the wind shear parameters as a function of the scale of distance delineate the deficiency of deriving shear parameters from smooth radiosonde records. The final topic deals with the analysis of the turbulence parameters, and the separation of the wind profile from missile flight recordings into stationary and nonstationary parts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0403114

Entities

People

  • Oskar Essenwanger

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Aircrafts
  • Earth Sciences
  • Frequency
  • Geography
  • Instrumentation
  • Jet Streams
  • Meteorology
  • New York
  • Radiosondes
  • Research Facilities
  • Space Sciences
  • Stationary
  • Turbulence
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Climatology
  • Systems Analysis and Design