UPPER ATMOSPHERE WINDS FROM GUN LAUNCHED VERTICAL PROBES (YUMA, 26-27 OCTOBER 1966)

Abstract

On the night of 26 October 1966, two luminous trails were produced between 87km and 160km 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 trails were produced on the night of 27 October 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 four 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
Aug 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0662727

Entities

People

  • Marvin Anthony
  • William Epler

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Cameras
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Condensation Trails
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Reduction
  • Gun Launched
  • High Altitude
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Turbulence
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Climatology
  • ballistics.