Horizontal wind profile measurements recorded at the NASA 150-Meter Ground Winds Tower Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are analyzed to evaluate wind shears known to be hazardous to the ascent and descent of conventional aircraft and the Space Shuttle. Twenty 5-s intervals of high (between 10 and 18 m/s) and gale force (18 to 33 m/s) surface winds provided instantaneous recordings every 0.1 s per speed, direction, and tower level from 3-150 m. Mathematical (maximum, mean, standard deviation) and graphical (percentage frequency distribution) descriptions of absolute, positive, and negative speed and direction shears with altitude (six vertical layers) and along flight path (one horizontal distance) are presented as functions of the intensity categories and significant values.


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    Titel :

    Analysis of low-altitude wind speed and direction shears


    Beteiligte:
    Alexander, M. B. (Autor:in) / Camp, D. W. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1985-08-01



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch