ESTIMATES OF WIND VARIABILITY BETWEEN 100 AND 900 METERS,
Abstract
The temporal wind variability between 100 and 900 meters above ground level was estimated from wind measurements made with an Automatic Pilot Balloon Wind Measuring System. One-hundred-gram balloons were released simultaneously from four observational sites on White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, at six-minute intervals, for a period of 180 minutes on three consecutive days. These data indicate that wind variability increases with increasing time lag, the relationship between wind variability and time lag interval being described by a power curve. In addition, a linear relationship between wind variability and mean wind speed is suggested. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0689437
Entities
People
- H. H. Monahan
- M. Armendariz
- V. D. Lang
Organizations
- Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory