BALLISTIC WINDS STUDY

Abstract

Subjective analyses were made of ballistic winds at two-hourly intervals for five time periods over a region of southeastern Arizona in the vicinity of Ft. Hauchuca. One procedure was to analyze the winds (integrated from the surface to 8000 meters) at the twelve observational sites without regard to the changing radiosonde locations during their flight. A second procedure was to account for the fact that the geographical coordinates of the observation are a function of height by plotting the meteorological information at the locations of the radiosonde for the various altitudes of interest. These analyses are presented and compared. Significant differences in ballistic wind occur when the horizontal gradients of the wind components are large and the radiosonde balloons are displaced a considerable distance. Modifications in a preprocessing computer program are being made to error check the basic meteorological data and make the necessary corrections. This program will put the data in a form suitable for the subsequent objective analysis programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0629277

Entities

People

  • Frederick P. Ostby

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Abstracts
  • Artillery
  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Connecticut
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Meteorological Data
  • Meteorology
  • Preprocessing
  • Projectile Trajectories
  • Projectiles
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computer Science.
  • ballistics.