FALLING SPHERE MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY, TEMPERATURE, AND PRESSURE, UP TO 115 KM.

Abstract

Newly developed airborne instrumentation has made it posssible to extend the measurements of atmospheric density, temperature and pressure from the previous upper limit of 90 km to 115 km by means of the 7-inch rigid sphere method. A brief description of the instrumentation is given. Results of four rocket-borne experiments launched at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in November 1963 and February 1964 are presented and compared with the U. S. Standard Atmosphere, 1962, and a winter atmosphere for 30 degrees latitude. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0605273

Entities

People

  • A. Cc. Faire
  • K. S. W. Champion

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Density
  • Instrumentation
  • Latitude
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • New Mexico
  • Space Sciences
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Oceanography.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.