Ground Cloud Dispersion Measurements During The Titan IV Mission number K15 (5 December 1995) at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Volume 1. Test Overview and Data Summary.

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Abstract:

Launch plume imagery, airborne and ground-level HCl measurement results, and meteorological data measured during the launch of a Titan IV vehicle at Vandenberg Air Force Base on 5 December 1995 mission K-15 are presented. These data is used to determine the accuracy of the Rocket Exhaust Effluent Diffusion Model REEDM. The imagery showed the separation into ground cloud and launch column segments, with the ground cloud stabilization height occurring 28 higher than predicted by REEDM. It also moved in a direction 24 deg more clockwise than predicted by REEDM, and 21 faster, but in good agreement with that calculated for the rawinsonde T-15 minute data. Of 34 dosimeters placed along the projected plume path, all but three provided usable data, ranging from 13 to 340 ppm min dosages. Aircraft data during cloud fly throughs were obtained using both the Geomet and Spectral Science instruments.

Author(s):
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Author Organization(s):
AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CA TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.
Pagination:
0149

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

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Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
TR-97(1410)-3-VOL-1, SMC-TR-97-05
Contract/Grant Number(s):
F04701-93-C-0094
Monitor Series:
TR-97-05, SMC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.2.2_Imagery Collection; JCA_2.2_Collection; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_JCA_4.1.2_Sustain the Force
Modernization Areas:
Space; Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*METEOROLOGICAL DATA, *LAUNCH VEHICLES, *EXHAUST GASES, GROUND LEVEL, DISPERSING, TOXIC HAZARDS, AIRBORNE, INSTRUMENTATION, FLIGHT PATHS, HEIGHT, ATMOSPHERE MODELS, HYDROCHLORIC ACID, SATELLITE IMAGERY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Air Pollution and Control, Ground Support Systems and Facilities for Space Vehicles
Keyword(s):
REEDM(ROCKET EXHAUST EFFLUENT DIFFUSION MODEL), TOXIC LAUNCH CLOUD, TOXIC HAZARD CORRIDORS, K 15 MISSION
Report Date:
1997 Feb 10
Creation Date:
1997 Apr 16