UPPER ATMOSPHERE WINDS FROM GUN LAUNCHED VERTICAL PROBES (YUMA, 16-19 NOVEMBER 1966)

Abstract

On the night of 18-19 November 1966, seven luminous trails were produced between 85km and 167km by the release of tri-methyl-aluminum from projectiles fired from a smoothbore sixteen-inch gun located at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona (114.2 degrees W, 32.8 degrees N). Two additional sets of four trails each were produced on the nights of 16-17 November 1966 and 19-20 November 1966. These trails were photographed by cameras located at Yuma and Gila Bend in Arizona and at Blythe, California and have been analyzed to yield wind profiles. The report contains the tabulated wind data for all fifteen 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
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0662719

Entities

People

  • Marvin Anthony
  • William Epler

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Refraction
  • Cameras
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Gun Launched
  • High Altitude
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Photographs
  • Power Supplies
  • Release
  • Sea Level
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Climatology
  • ballistics.