Final report of PVM-6 and PVM-7 Weather Documentation, AFCRL/Minuteman Report Number 6

Abstract

Reentry weather measurements conducted under the Minuteman Natural Hazards Program are described. The missions described here are PVM-6 and PVM-7, which were postured to reenter through 'heavy weather'. Documentation was accomplished primarily by instrumented C-130E and Cessna Citation aircraft, by high-power radar, and by satellite. The weather objective was met in a qualitative sense, in that the vehicles reentered through a thick cloud mass that was remarkably uniform horizontally in the reentry corridor. The weather Severity Indices (WSI) for the PVM-6 trajectories were 4.3, 5.9, and 3.6 for RV's 1, 2, and 3. The weather system was weakening by the time of the PVM-7 reentry, so that the WSI was 2.0 and 1.6 for RV's 1 and 2.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 11, 1975
Accession Number
ADB011353

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
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Cloud Physics
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Equations
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Meteorology
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Radar
  • Reconnaissance
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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

Technology Areas

  • Space