A STUDY IN ACOUSTIC DIRECTION FINDING,

Abstract

The azimuth to a gun probe launcher position from an acoustic array located approximately six miles distant was determined from the acoustic data associated with a series of seven firings. Application of a meteorological correction technique using rawinsonde data indicates that the azimuth may be corrected up to forty percent of the total error if the rawinsonde sounding is taken at the time of firing and decreases from that value at a rate which is a function of the stability of the air mass involved. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0667916

Entities

People

  • Walter S. Nordquist Jr.

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Arrays
  • Air Masses
  • Arrays
  • Direction Finding
  • Flight Instruments
  • Ground Position Indicators
  • Instrumentation
  • Launchers
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Position Finding
  • Radiosondes

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • ballistics.