UPPER ATMOSPHERE WINDS FROM GUN LAUNCHED VERTICAL PROBES (BARBADOS, 16-23 NOVEMBER 1965)

Abstract

On the night of 17-18 November 1965, six luminous trails were produced between 91km and 138km by the release of tri-methyl-aluminum from projectiles fired from a smoothbore sixteen-inch gun located on the West Indian island of Barbados (57.5 degrees W, 13.1 degrees N). An additional six trails were produced during the night of 22-23 November 1965. These trails were photographed from neighboring islands and analyzed to yield wind profiles. This report contains the tabulated wind data for all sixteen trails together with plots versus altitude of wind components, wind speed, and wind heading.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 23, 1965
Accession Number
AD0662204

Entities

People

  • Robert N. Fuller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Barbados
  • Cameras
  • Computer Programs
  • Condensation Trails
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Gun Launched
  • High Altitude
  • Islands
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Observation
  • Photographs
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Oceanography.
  • ballistics.