UPPER ATMOSPHERE WINDS FROM GUN LAUNCHED VERTICAL PROBES (BARBADOS, 19- 20 SEPTEMBER 1966)

Abstract

During the night of 19-20 September 1966 eight luminous trails were produced between 86 km and 135 km 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). These trails were photographed from neighboring islands and analyzed to yield wind profiles. This report contains the tabulated data from all eight trails together with plots versus altitude of wind components, wind speed, wind heading, and wind shear components.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0673774

Entities

People

  • John A. Fagot
  • William Epler

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Barbados
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Gun Launched
  • High Altitude
  • Instrumentation
  • Islands
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Probes
  • West Indies
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.
  • ballistics.