UPPER ATMOSPHERE WINDS FROM GUN LAUNCHED VERTICAL PROBES (BARBADOS, 21- 22 JUNE 1967) (YUMA, 12 JUNE 1967).

Abstract

During the nights of 21-22 June 1967, two luminous trails were produced between 89 and 110km by the release of trimethyl 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) and on the night of 12 June 1967 an additional trail was produced by a projectile fired from a similar sixteen-inch gun located at Yuma, Arizona (114.3 degrees W, 32.9 degrees N). These trails were photographed from neighboring sites and analyzed to yield wind profiles. This report contains the tabulated wind data from all three trails together with plots versus altitude of wind components, wind speed, and wind heading. Included in this report are ground plots of trails for all previous shots that had both an up trail and a down trail. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0676860

Entities

People

  • John Fagot

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Barbados
  • Cameras
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Gun Launched
  • Latitude
  • Launching
  • Longitude
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Munitions
  • Probes
  • Projectiles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.
  • ballistics.