Analysis of smoke trail photographs to determine stratospheric winds and shears /
Antonio F. Quesada, C.A. Throwbridge.

Description

Main Author

Quesada, Antonio F.

Related Names

Trowbridge, C. A.
U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory.

Language(s)

English

Published

Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1976.

Subjects

Winds aloft.
Vertical wind shear.
Stratosphere.
Photogrammetry.
Computer programs.
Atmospheric circulation.
Computer programs.
Photogrammetry.
Vertical wind shear.
Stratosphere.
Atmospheric circulation.
Winds aloft.

Summary

Time-lapse photographs of smoke trails deposited in the stratosphere have been measured and analyzed to provide data for the determination of winds and wind shears. Optimization techniques were required to define camera parameters with sufficiently high precision. In combination with a triangulation program that exploits the advantages of vector and matrix methods, the techniques lead to consistent three-station results that are used to construct wind profiles with an altitude resolution of 10 m.

Note

Research supported by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts.
Aeronomy Division Project 6687.
ADA035504 (from http://www.dtic.mil).
"8 October 1976."

Physical Description

37 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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