Vandenberg Air Force Base 'WINDS' Comparison Study; Wind Towers 300 and 301,

Abstract

Vandenberg AFB 'WINDS' Tower 301 will provide the meteorological data to support the launch of the Space Shuttle. The data from Tower 301 have a shorter period of record (POR) than data from Tower 300 which is located a few miles north. For specified wind speed categories, the means and standard deviations of the differences in wind direction, wind speed, and temperature are computed for the towers by season, directional range, day/night, and tower level. Also, the percentage frequency of occurrences of temperatures for 15 wind speed categories are calculated. Tower 301 data were correlated with Tower 300 data. The feasibility of creating a bogus POR for Tower 301 using the data from Tower 300 was investigated. The correlation of statistically produced bogus tower 301 data with the actual Tower 301 data was slightly better than the correlation with the Tower 300 data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA096417

Entities

People

  • James R. Clark
  • Julius A. Jackson Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Technical Applications Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Frequency
  • Geography
  • Information Science
  • Mountains
  • Regression Analysis
  • Space Shuttles
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Terrain
  • United States
  • Wind Direction

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.

Technology Areas

  • Space