National Center for Atmospheric Research Evaluates TECOM Meteorological Support for Testing.

Abstract

Meteorological support within the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (TECOM) must be enhanced in its ability to test and evaluate new and more complex materiel, such as smart munitions, in order to reduce the resources necessary for test and evaluation. TECOM asked NCAR to review and evaluate current and future TECOM meteorological support requirements and capabilities, and recommend how recent technological developments could enhance meteorological support in areas such as (1) test specific weather forecasts, (2) evaluation of meteorological influences on test results, and the (3) inclusion of realistic atmospheric effects in virtual proving ground (VPG) modeling. NCAR gained knowledge of TECOM meteorological support tasks and functions through a systematic information gathering process developed in collaboration with WDTC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 20, 1997
Accession Number
ADA323502

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Joint Test And Evaluation
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Data
  • Meteorology
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Quality Control
  • Scale Models
  • Storage
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers