AN ANALYSIS OF WIND SHEAR DIFFERENCES AS MEASURED BY AN/FPS-16 RADAR AND AN/GMD-1B RAWINSONDE,

Abstract

Wind shear in the lowe00 feet (11 km) of the atmosphere has been investigated with AN/FPS- 16 radar by tracking small corner reflectors at tached to standard rawinsonde flights. An analysis of a selected group of flights during the 1962-63 winter season at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, has revealed significant dif ferences in values of wind shear as computed from AN/GMD-1B equipment. The horizontal components of shear as measured by AN/FPS-16 radar are in vestigated in 100-, 300-, 600-, and 1000-foot thickness layers. Shear values from AN/FPS-16 data are found to be significantly greater than AN/GMD-1B values in 300- and 600-foot increments but become insignificant in 1000-foot increments. No comparison between AN/FPS-16 radar and AN/GMD- 1B is attempted in 100-foot thickness layers. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0417573

Entities

People

  • Roy E. Sandlin

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Communication Equipment
  • Corner Reflectors
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Jammers
  • Mechanical Jamming
  • New Mexico
  • Radar Equipment
  • Radiosondes
  • Reflectors
  • Standards
  • Thickness
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Climatology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.