Analysis of Smoke Trail Photographs to Determine Stratospheric Winds and Shears.

Abstract

Time-lapse photographs of smoke trails deposited in the stratosphere have been measured and analyzed to provide data for the determination of winds and wind shears. Optimization techniques were required to define camera parameters with sufficiently high precision. In combination with a triangulation program that exploits the advantages of vector and matrix methods, the techniques lead to consistent three-station results that are used to construct wind profiles with an altitude resolution of 10 m.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 1976
Accession Number
ADA035504

Entities

People

  • Antonio F. Quesada
  • C. A. Trowbridge

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Cameras
  • Optical Equipment
  • Optimization
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Precision
  • Stratosphere
  • Triangulation
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Geodesy
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space