Accession Number:

AD0835849

Title:

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE, WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, NEW MEXICO. PART 3. UPPER AIR DATA: APACHE SITE,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES L AB

Personal Author(s):

• Hoidale, Marjorie McLardie
• Gee, Barbara Jean
• Harmon, George W.

Report Date:

1968-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

243.0

Abstract:

A statistical analysis of upper air data is presented for Apache Site, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Atmospheric parameters covered, for the layer 6,000 to 100,000 feet above mean sea level, are wind, temperature, pressure, density, moisture, index of refraction, and freezing level. This climatological information is based on the period of observation 1961-1967. Author

Descriptors:

• *UPPER ATMOSPHERE)
• (*SOUNDING ROCKETS
• IMPACT PREDICTION)
• (*METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA
• GUIDED MISSILE RANGES
• ROCKET TRAJECTORIES
• RADIOSONDES
• CLIMATE
• PERIODIC VARIATIONS
• BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
• ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
• SURFACE TEMPERATURE
• HUMIDITY
• WIND
• REFRACTIVE INDEX
• MOISTURE
• METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• NEW MEXICO

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Armor
• Rockets

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE