EMPIRICAL SWEEP WIDTH ANALYSIS (AIR TO SURFACE)

Abstract

The study considered 3861 reports of air to sea surface sightings, converted with range and bearing data into lateral range distributions classified by vessel size and altitude, on subclasses of meteorological visibility, wind velocity, swell height, and cloud cover. From these lateral range distributions were developed a revised sweep width table and white cap and cloud cover correction tables for boats and ships.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0677281

Entities

People

  • William H. Richardson

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • California
  • Cloud Cover
  • Coast Guard
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Instructions
  • Life Rafts
  • Observers
  • Phase
  • Search And Rescue
  • United States
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Business Analytics
  • Climatology