Upper-Wind Climatology for CONUS

Abstract

Report consists of 12 sets (one set for each month) of CONUS maps wi th upper-wind speed/direction plots at every 5 degrees of latitude and longitude. Winds are plotted at nine levels, starting at 5,000 feet MSL and ending at 45,000 feet MSL. Database used was the Air Force Global Weather Central's SADS (Summarized Analysis Data Set), period of record 1977-1982.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA203961

Entities

People

  • Susan Reyes-sauter

Organizations

  • Air Force Technical Applications Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Army Aviation
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climatology
  • Data Sets
  • Hard Copy
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Climatology
  • Oceanography.