Study of DoD Automated Environmental Services Support Systems. Appendix E. Numerical Simulation of Global Circulation of the Atmosphere up to an Altitude of 300 Km

Abstract

The Appendix to IDA Study S-382 describes a numerical model for the global stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. The model is intended to be used solely as a basis for estimating the size of the computational problem. The model attempts to define the motions of the atmosphere, including the troposphere, up to altitides of 300 kilometers. Only those atmospheric motions which are of horizontal scale lengths greater than 1000 km and of vertical scale lengths greater than 10 km are considered. Annexes to this document detail various factors to be considered in specifying a model of the upper atmosphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0740082

Entities

People

  • Alan J. Grobecker

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Electric Fields
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Physics
  • Pulsed Power
  • Thermodynamics
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space