Accession Number:

ADA048608

Title:

Desert Environmental Handbook. First Edition

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

YUMA PROVING GROUND AZ

Personal Author(s):

• Greveris, Harry A.

Report Date:

1977-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

144.0

Abstract:

This handbook is a compendium of the US Armys experience in testing equipment in a desert environment. Topics covered include world areas analogous to Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma Proving Ground environment, environmental effects, materiel degradation, human factors engineering, and desert maintenance. This document should provide valuable information for those who design, use, or test equipment for eventual deployment in hot dry areas of the world.

Descriptors:

• *CLIMATE
• *HANDBOOKS
• *DESERTS
• TEMPERATURE
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
• MILITARY EQUIPMENT
• DUST
• SEASONAL VARIATIONS
• TABLES(DATA)
• ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS
• RAINFALL
• HUMIDITY
• DIURNAL VARIATIONS
• DEW POINT

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE