Recording and Analysis of Optical Data from Stratospheric Dynamics Experiments

A program whose objective is the study of stratospheric winds and temperatures, and mass transport processes in the stratosphere and upper atmosphere, is described. These parameters are determined through reduction and analysis of photographs of sunlight-scattering chemical and smoke (particulate) t...

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Main Authors: Trowbridge,Christian A, Kofsky,Irving L, Johnson,Ronald H
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ALGORITHMS
ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
Atmospheric Physics
ATMOSPHERIC SCATTERING
ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
CALIBRATION
CHEMICALS
Computer Programming and Software
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
MATRICES(MATHEMATICS)
MESOSPHERE
OPTICAL DATA
Optics
PE62101F
PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES
PHOTOMETRY
SMOKE
STRATOSPHERE
THERMOSPHERE
TRACE ELEMENTS
TRACE GASES
TRACER STUDIES
TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
TRIANGULATION
UPPER ATMOSPHERE
VECTOR ANALYSIS
WIND SHEAR
WUAFGL66870501
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Summary:A program whose objective is the study of stratospheric winds and temperatures, and mass transport processes in the stratosphere and upper atmosphere, is described. These parameters are determined through reduction and analysis of photographs of sunlight-scattering chemical and smoke (particulate) tracers deposited from rockets. Computer programs implementing triangulation by vector and matrix methods were developed to measure three-dimensional smoke trail positions from multiple photographic projections of the trails. Horizontal winds and shears were derived from the transport of these trails. (Author)