Persian Gulf Contrail Altitude Limits

Abstract

Describes development of a computer program (DNCONTRL) that determines the mean and extreme upper and lower limits for conditions that favor condensation trail formation over a given upper-air reporting station. Output of the DNCONTRL program is provided in tabular form for 19 stations in the Persian gulf region, not only as upper and lower altitudes for the formation of contrails, but as monthly percent occurrence frequency (POF) for favorable contrail formation at specified altitudes. These results were compared with an earlier, similar, study for the entire northern hemisphere and found to be consistent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA240702

Entities

People

  • Gregory J. Reding

Organizations

  • Air Force Technical Applications Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Condensation
  • Condensation Trails
  • Critical Temperature
  • Equations
  • Language
  • New York
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Persian Gulf
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sea Level
  • Standards
  • Stations

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security