Accession Number:

AD0701136

Title:

A SMOKE ROCKET TECHNIQUE FOR DAYTIME WIND MEASUREMENTS TO THREE THOUSAND FEET,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MICHIGAN UNIV ANN ARBOR DEPT OF METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Personal Author(s):

• Gill,Gerald C.
• Stohrer,Albert W.
• Sweeney,Timothy L.

Report Date:

1967-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

Surface winds at the time of launch may have a profound affect on the trajectory of an unguided rocket. Although various rocket types have different wind loading factors, the basic information needed to correct the firing angle of all rockets is the wind speed and wind direction profile along or near the trajectory of the rocket. To provide a means for such measurements one of the authors was primarily responsible for the development of, An Inexpensive Rocket Technique for Obtaining Low Level Wind Profiles. This was a smoke rocket that provided a continuous, almost vertical line of visible tracer to 1200-1400 feet above the ground. By taking a sequence of pictures of the smoke simultaneously with two cameras, one camera 2000 feet to the north, the other 2000 feet to the west of the launch site, simultaneous wind speeds and wind directions were obtained at all levels to the top of the smoke trail. The present paper provides more accurate wind data to heights in excess of 3000 feet above ground. Author

Descriptors:

• (*ROCKET TRAJECTORIES
• WIND)
• (*WIND
• MEASUREMENT)
• ROCKET TRAJECTORIES
• CORRECTIONS
• CAMERAS
• PAYLOAD
• GUIDED MISSILE RANGES

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Armor

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE