Artillery Meteorological Analysis of Project PASS.
Abstract
The Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, US Army Electronics Command, conducted a comprehensive experiment in ballistic meteorology during November-December 1974 at White Sands Missile Range. The purpose was to determine what improvement might be made in the representativeness of meteorological messages furnished to artillery batteries by collecting all meteorological data available in a corps size area, performing a relatively simple analysis, and disseminating the results to the batteries. One thousand rounds of 8-inch howitzer ammunition were fired over a 5-week period with concurrent meteorological data taken at eight sites on the Missile Range. The most striking feature of the results is the relatively small deviation in predicted impact (less than 40 m range sigma) due to meteorological error in 85% of the 79 firing series analyzed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA032678
Entities
People
- Abel J. Blanco
- Larry E. Traylor
Organizations
- United States Army Communications-Electronics Command