Improved Data Reduction and Analysis System for Blunt Probe and Gerdien Condenser Measurements.

Abstract

Measurements of electrical conductivity over the altitude range of 20 km to 80 km have been obtained by the deployment of a blunt probe of Gerdien condenser sensor from a small meteorological rocket. The sensors are deployed from the rocket vehicle at apogee and descend subsonically from altitudes as great as 80 km down to 20 km. This report discusses the development of a data reduction technique for the analysis of atmospheric electrical conductivity utilizing a computer software program and hardware components. A comparison test of the improved computer reduction technique with prior manual/computer reduction method indicates the improved reduction technique results in data with greater accuracy and increases the data yield to higher altitudes. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093649

Entities

People

  • Darryl C. Schroder

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Charge Carriers
  • Charged Particles
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Management
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Pattern Recognition
  • System Software
  • Tape Recorders

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.