Site Influences on the XM76 Grid.

Abstract

The XM76 Grid is a new testing location for smoke munitions where terrain and meteorological tower influences on meteorological measurements have not been previously analyzed. The primary objective is to quantify site influences on wind and turbulence data collected at the XM76 Grid. A secondary objective is to evaluate the capability of Smith and Turner stability categories to order turbulence data. Sigma A/Sigma E ratios are used to quantify terrain influences at low and high wind speeds for fetches over low, moderate, and high roughness terrain. Tower shadowing effects on wind and turbulence measurements are also quantified as a function of wind speed. Preliminary analysis of Smith versus Turner stability category techniques indicates superiority of the Smith technique for the horizontal component of turbulence.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 03, 1986
Accession Number
ADA164291

Entities

People

  • Christopher Biltoft
  • John A White
  • Rick Ewald

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Anemometers
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Classification
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Dispersions
  • Factor Analysis
  • Information Science
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Meteorology
  • Munitions Testing
  • Smoke Munitions
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Turbulence
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Regression Analysis.