Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Atmospheric measurements between 30 and 90 km using two rocket-borne techniques - the inflatable falling sphere and the acoustic grenade - are compared in order to determine temperature measurement compatibility. The falling sphere, deployed at 115 km, is tracked by precision radar to determine winds as well as accurate drag parameters needed to deduce density from which temperatures are derived. The acoustic grenade technique uses sound arrivals at the ground from grenades ejected at 2-km intervals to determine temperature and wind between 40 and 90 km. The available data were obtained during an in-situ techniques-comparison with the remote sounders aboard Nimbus 6 during the summer and winter of 1975.
Keywords:
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Type:
Plenary Meeting; May 29, 1978 - Jun 10, 1978; Innsbruck; Austria
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