White Sands Missile Range 2007 Urban Study: Data Processing - Volume DP-1 (Sonic Calibration)

Abstract

Calibrating sensors is an important step in determining the confidence one has in the quality of data acquired. Without access to a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wind tunnel facility, side-by-side relative calibration (against a NIST calibrated sensor) is an alternate method for calibrating meteorological sensors. For the White Sands Missile Range 2007 Urban Study (W07US), a Pre- and Post-W07US calibration was conducted on the 27 ultrasonic anemometers (sonics) slated for the W07US project. This technical report documents the W07US relative calibration design, calibration data processing method, implementation, results , and some of the lessons learned from the Pre- and Post-W07US calibration project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488074

Entities

People

  • Gail Tirrell Vaucher
  • Manuel Bustillos
  • Robert Brice
  • Ron Cionco
  • Sean D'arcy

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Anemometers
  • Calibration
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Information Science
  • Lessons Learned
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Standards
  • Test Facilities
  • Three Dimensional
  • Wind Tunnels

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  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Seismology