Abstract: This report presents results of studies performed at White Sands Missile Range, N. Mex., to determine the optimum data sampling period for obtaining representative (average) surface winds for use in prelaunch real-time ...

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Abstract: Ninety-one cases of nocturnal low-level maximum winds are examined in detail and are classified into three basic types, based on the synoptic weather pattern existing at the time, and the average height above ground at ...

Abstract: Wind shear in the lowest 10,000 it of the atmosphere was investigated utilizing two or more cinetheodolites (Contraves cameras) tracking a smooth spherical 100-gm balloon. These data indicate that a simple power law ...

Abstract: Vertical wind components were computed up to 1.2 km from 37 wintertime and 10 summertime balloon observations between 0900 and 1200 local time utilizing the accurate and high-resolution cinetheodolite/Jimsphere system. The ...

Abstract: Wind profiles plotted from data obtained by tracking Jimspheres (rough surface) and smooth 100-gm spherical balloons released at a common point simultaneously are presented. High precision cinetheodolites were utilized to ...