Accession Number:

ADB006666

Title:

Final Report of STM-8W Weather Documentation, AFCRL/Minuteman Report Number 3

Descriptive Note:

Air Force surveys in geophysics

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS HANSCOM AFB MA

Personal Author(s):

• Metcalf, James I.
• Barnes, Jr., Arnold A.
• Kraus, Michael J.

Report Date:

1975-04-11

Pagination or Media Count:

39.0

Abstract:

Reentry weather encountered by Minuteman test STM-8W is described. Documentation was accomplished by WB-57F aircraft, by satellite, by radar, and by lidar. A thin cloud layer was present at about 8.5 km with ice water content about 0.003 gmcu m, and one at 5.5 km had about 0.002 gmcu m. Low-level cumulus clouds were observed below 3 km on two of the trajectories. Data from all sources are presented, and operational problems of the weather documentation plan are discussed.

Descriptors:

• *METEOROLOGICAL DATA
• ALTITUDE
• ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• ATMOSPHERE ENTRY
• ATMOSPHERE MODELS
• CIRRUS CLOUDS
• CLOUD PHYSICS
• DATA ACQUISITION
• ICE
• INTENSITY
• OPTICAL RADAR
• STORMS
• TROPICAL REGIONS
• WATER
• WEATHER

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Guided Missile Reentry Vehicles

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE