Climatic Information for Application in Designing and Testing U.S. Army Materiel
Abstract
This report provides values and other information for the application for extreme climatic conditions in the RDT&E of Army material. Values are given for operational conditions and storage and transit conditions. The two sets of climatic criteria are necessary in order to satisfy requirements that equipment be capable of specified performance levels under all but the most severe natural climatic conditions, and that equipment can survive the most severe-expected induced climatic conditions for long periods of time without losing the specified performance capabilities when the more benign natural conditions return. Climatic criteria are provided for four climatic design types hot, basic, cold, and severe cold. Each of these design types is represented by one or more daily weather cycles of temperature, solar radiation, and humidity. Anticipated extreme levels for additional environmental elements (rain snow, icing, phenomena, wind, sand and dust, ozone concentration, freeze-thaw, and atmospheric pressure) are also provided. A map of the areas of occurrence of climatic design types is included to illustrate the distribution of climatic conditions for which criteria are provided.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA190212
Entities
People
- Thomas E. Niedringhaus
Organizations
- Geospatial Research Laboratory