WIND AND TEMPERATURE PROFILES FROM PROJECT WINDY ACRES

Abstract

During an experimental program conducted in 1965 by the Boundary Layer Branch at AFCRL, data were collected in three continuous operations, each lasting approximately 12 hours. The data consist primarily of vertical profiles of wind, temperature and Richardson numbers in 15-min blocks covering periods from early evening to early morning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0658827

Entities

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Anemometers
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Lapse Rate
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Richardson Number
  • Skewness
  • Temperature Gradients
  • United States
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction

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  • Climatology
  • Oceanography.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.