Accession Number:

ADA070958

Title:

KWIK: An Algorithm for Calculating Munition Expenditures for Smoke Screening/Obscuration in Tactical Situations.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY ELECTRONICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND WSMR NM ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Umstead,Robert K.
• Pena,Ricardo
• Hansen,Frank V.

Report Date:

1979-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

82.0

Abstract:

KWIK, an algorithm for calculating munition expenditures for smoke screeningobscuration in tactical situations, is described. Nine basic meteorological inputs plus fundamental definitions of meteorological optics and Gaussian diffusion theory are utilized in the approach. A flowchart of the algorithm is also given with the software program listing in FORTRAN, BASIC, and HPL programming languages. Author

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *SMOKE SCREENS
• *METEOROLOGICAL DATA
• *FIRING RATE
• ALGORITHMS
• FORTRAN
• TACTICAL ANALYSIS
• FLOW CHARTING
• OBSCURATION
• DIFFUSION THEORY
• TURBULENT DIFFUSION
• SMOKE PROJECTILES

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Computer Programming and Software
• Countermeasures

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE