INSTRUMENTATION OF AN RB-57F TO MEASURE HIGH-ALTITUDE TURBULENCE ENCOUNTERS
Abstract
The National Aeronautical Establishment has installed a turbulence instrumentation package and memory recorder on a USAF RB-57F weather reconnaissance aircraft at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The object of the project, named 'Coldscan', is to record turbulence encounters and temperature changes on routine weather patrol and training flights at altitudes above 50,000 feet. A description of the instrumentation system and its operation is presented along with example data from two of the first project flights. These initial results are most significant for the magnitudes of the temperature gradients encountered near 60,000 feet.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0690304
Entities
People
- J. I. Macpherson
- K. Lum
Organizations
- National Research Council Canada