Final Report of PVM-5 Weather Documentation, AFCRL/Minuteman Report Number 4

Abstract

Reentry weather encountered by Minuteman test PVM-5 is described. Documentation was accomplished by WB-57F aircraft, by satellite, by radar, and by lidar. All RV's passed through a cloud layer with maximum ice water content of 0.03 to 0.08 gm/cu m. Weather Severity Indices were 0.8, 0.6, and 0.3 for RV1, 2, and 3. Precise definition of the reentry weather was made possible by correlation of simultaneous weather measurements by aircraft and radar after the reentry. These measurements were performed by means of the link-offset mode, in which the radar weather data were recorded at a fixed distance ahead of the aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 1975
Accession Number
ADB006667

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
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Instrumentation
  • Lidar
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Meteorology
  • Radar
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space