Application of the Meteorological Interactive Data Display System to Space Shuttle and Range Support at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral AFS.

Abstract

This document details the background of a joint USAF and NASA project to upgrade forecast inputs at Cape Canavaral Forecast Facility (CCFF) in support of Space Shuttle operations at Eastern Test Range (ETR). Prior to the start of Shuttle operations, the CFF had been geared to support missile lauches with forecast requirements slanted toward pad safety (lightning, high wind, toxic diffusion) and upper wind shears. Shuttle support added problems of forecasting safe conditions (visibility, ceiling, crosswind, precipitation, turbulence) for Shuttle emergency landing immediately following a launch attempt, or for a normal end-of-mission landing at Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility. Keywords: Weather forecasting; MIDDS(Meteorological Interactive Data Display System).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 1985
Accession Number
ADA164964

Entities

People

  • Billie F. Boyd
  • Thomas M. Myers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Data Displays
  • Display Systems
  • Expert Systems
  • High Resolution
  • Lightning
  • Meteorology
  • Space Shuttles
  • Space Transportation
  • Terminals
  • Transition Temperature
  • Turbulence
  • United States
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Wind
  • Wind Shear

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology

Technology Areas

  • Space