Exploratory study on the physical nature of certain mesostructural details in vertical wind profiles
Date
1963-08
Authors
Reiter, Elmar R., author
Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science Department, publisher
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Abstract
A series of 18 balloon soundings made at approximately 45-minute intervals on 3 January 1963 from Cape Canaveral, using FPS-16 radar for tracking, revealed certain structural details in the vertical wind profiles which - - - due to their persistence in time and space - - have to be considered as atmospheric perturbations and not as instrument noise. This report contains a brief and exploratory study on the possible nature of these perturbations. Some of the mesostructure in the vertical wind profiles shows a certain correlation with changes in the temperature lapse rate. There is also a possibility that secondary wind speed maxima and minima may be induced by phase differences of internal waves within adjacent atmospheric layers. Recommendations for future measurements and research efforts are made.
Description
CER63-ERR32.
August 1963.
Prepared for: Meteorology Research, Inc., Altadena, Calif. in connection with contract "Turbulence and Wind Shear" with National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Includes bibliographical references.
August 1963.
Prepared for: Meteorology Research, Inc., Altadena, Calif. in connection with contract "Turbulence and Wind Shear" with National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Subject
Wind shear
Winds -- Measurement