WIND, WIND SHEAR AND TURBULENCE REPRESENTATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC BALLISTICS
- 1 April 1963
- report
- Published by Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
Abstract
Four topics in wind analysis are briefly discussed. Research endeavors to treat the vertical variation of the wind profile as an entity considering simultaneous occurrences of the wind vector are described. This new approach, the so-called characteristics method, exhibits ad vantages over other methods. Profiles with maximum speed values in the frequency distribution of height levels are analyzed and two major types are discussed. Preliminary results of the investigation of the wind shear parameters as a function of the scale of distance delineate the deficiency of deriving shear parameters from smooth radiosonde records. The final topic deals with the analysis of the turbulence parameters, and the separation of the wind profile from missile flight recordings into stationary and nonstationary parts.Keywords
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