Abstract: Some of the accomplishments made during the past decade toward the solution of atmospheric problems associated with aerospace vehicle design and operations are reviewed. Improved measurement systems, atmospheric models and ...

Abstract: Climatological upper wind records have been found to be inadequate for certain statistical analyses such as the computation of interlevel correlation coefficients, time series analysis and persistence analysis. This article ...

Abstract: Television photos of smoke plumes an analyzed to estimate meridional wind shear on the space shuttle Challenger associated with the accident of Mission 51-L. Gust velocities were obtained by detailed examination of the ...