Reentry weather encountered by Minuteman test PVM-5 is described. Documentation was accomplished by WB-57F aircraft, by satellite, by radar, and by lidar. All RV's passed through a cloud layer with maximum ice water content of 0.03 to 0.08 gm/cu m. Weather Severity Indices were 0.8, 0.6, and 0.3 for RV1, 2, and 3. Precise definition of the reentry weather was made possible by correlation of simultaneous weather measurements by aircraft and radar after the reentry. These measurements were performed by means of the link-offset mode, in which the radar weather data were recorded at a fixed distance ahead of the aircraft. (Author)
Final Report of PVM-5 Weather Documentation, AFCRL/Minuteman Report Number 4
1975
48 pages
Report
No indication
English
Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Missile Trajectories & Reentry Dynamics , Atmosphere entry , Cirrus clouds , Reentry vehicles , Tropical regions , Meteorological data , Data acquisition , Airborne , Spaceborne , Ice , Water , Guided missile ranges , Meteorological radar , Optical radar , Artificial satellites , Kwajalein Atoll , Weather , Correlation techniques , Atmosphere models , Storms , Intensity , Cloud physics , Ice clouds , Minuteman , Weather reconnaissance aircraft , WB-57F aircraft , B-57 aircraft , Cloud structure , PVM-5 reentry vehicles , Ice water content , S/L change 8320
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