PVM-4 and PVM-3 Weather Documentation, AFCRL/Minuteman report no. 2

Abstract

Re-entry weather encountered by Minuteman tests PVM-4 and PVM-3 is described in this report. Documentation was accomplished by WC-135B and WB-57F aircraft, by radar, and by lidar. Weather was essentially clear for each mission except for high thin cirrus layer clouds (water content less than 0.003 gm/cum) encountered by PVM-4. Low level clouds were present on each day. Data from all sources are presented, and operational problems of the weather documentation plan are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADB004427

Entities

People

  • Arnold A. Barnes Jr.
  • James I. Metcalf
  • Michael J. Kraus

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Cameras
  • Clouds
  • Data Acquisition
  • Equations
  • Flight Paths
  • Lidar
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Meteorology
  • Particle Size
  • Photographs
  • Radar
  • Refractive Index
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weather Reconnaissance Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.