UPPER ATMOSPHERE WINDS FROM GUN LAUNCHED VERTICAL PROBES (BARBADOS, FEBRUARY 17-25 1966)

Abstract

On the night of 23-24 February 1966, six luminous trails were produced between 87km and 131km 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). Single trails were also produced on the nights of 17 February 1966 and 25 February 1966. These trails were photographed from neighboring islands and analyzed to yield wind profiles. The report contains the tabulated wind data for all eight 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
Jan 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0662718

Entities

People

  • Robert N. Fuller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Condensation Trails
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Gun Launched
  • Islands
  • Meteorology
  • Puerto Rico
  • Turbulence
  • West Indies
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • ballistics.