Forecasting Atmospheric Sonic Propagation at the Eastern Test Range.

Abstract

The BLAST Damage Assessment Model was installed at the Eastern Test Range (ETR) in 1981 to evaluate inadvertent detonation hazards as a function of meteorological conditions. This paper describes the improved model and its use both as a planning tool and operational decision maker to support launches from the ETR. The meteorological parameters affecting the model are presented, their influence explained, and the variability of atmospheric propagation forecasts with different meteorological conditions presented. Keywords include: Forecasting, Sonic Propagation, and Model.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA175940

Entities

People

  • Billie F. Boyd
  • Karl B. Overbeck

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Masses
  • Altitude
  • California
  • Damage
  • Damage Assessment
  • Data Analysis
  • Delphi Method
  • Detonations
  • Explosives
  • Inversion
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Low Altitude
  • Standards
  • Temperature Inversion

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers