UPPER ATMOSPHERE WINDS FROM GUN LAUNCHED VERTICAL PROBES (BARBADOS, 15-16 FEBRUARY 1967)

Abstract

During the night of 15-16 February 1967, eight luminous trials were produced between 88km and 123km by the release of tri-methyl aluminum from projectiles fired from a smothbore 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. The report contains the tabulated wind 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
AD0673775

Entities

People

  • John A. Fagot

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Barbados
  • Classification
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Reduction
  • Ecology
  • Gun Launched
  • High Altitude
  • Islands
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • Projectiles
  • West Indies
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Archaeological Resource Survey
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • ballistics.