Impact of Spacial and Temporal Frequency of Meteorological Data on Field Artillery Accuracy.

Abstract

The effect of spacial and temporal frequency of radiosonde data on artillery accuracy is analyzed for the 8-in (short tube) and 155 mm (long tube) weapon systems. Range and deflection elliptical probable errors for hitting a stationary target are calculated for various firing scenario using real meteorological data from central Europe. The individual errors due to variability and uncertainty in wind, temperature, and density measurements are also analyzed for several of the firing examples.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA120642

Entities

People

  • J. D. Copp

Organizations

  • Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Artillery
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Central Europe
  • Deflection
  • Electro-Optics
  • Electronics
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Meteorology
  • Projectile Trajectories
  • Projectiles
  • Time Intervals
  • Trajectories
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • ballistics.