Correction of the Wind Field Measured by the NCAR Electra During FASINEX (Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment) for Inertial Navigation System Drifts.

Abstract

This report describes a techniques for removal of inertial navigation system drifts from winds measured by the NCAR Electra during the Frontal Air Sea Interaction Experiment (FASINEX) in 1986. Without correction, horizontal wind divergences calculated from these data may contain errors as large as 0.0001 per sec resulting from the Schuler oscillation. After correction, the divergence error is reduced by at least an order of magnitude. Correction coefficients and a subroutine to use them were provided for the five of six FASINEX flights for which correction was possible. Keywords: FASINEX, Aircraft meteorological measurements, and Atmospheric boundary layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA187780

Entities

People

  • Gail T. Vaucher
  • William J. Shaw

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Layers
  • Loran
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Meteorology
  • Navigation
  • Security
  • Wind
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.