Medium Altitude Critical Atmospheric Turbulence (MEDCAT) Data Processing and Analysis

Medium Altitude Critical Atmospheric Turbulence (MEDCAT) Data Processing and Analysis
Author: J. P. Ryan
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Total Pages: 1270
Release: 1971
Genre: Atmospheric turbulence
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The report describes the processing and analysis phases of the Medium Altitude Critical Atmospheric Turbulence (MEDCAT) Project. The primary objective of this project was to collect true gust velocity in the 20,000 to 40,000 foot altitude regime to be used to establish, validate, and/or modify future aerospace vehicle design criteria. The data, collected by the Air Force from seven bases in the Continental United States consists of 278 flights performed in the regions of the MEDCAT altitude band predicted by a meteorologist as being most likely to contain clear air turbulence. Two trubulence-instrumented aircraft - an F-106A, and an F-100F - were used to collect the data. Of the 40 hours judged as being in turbulence 81 percent was characterized as being of less intensity than 1.5 ft/sec rms true gust velocity. (Author).

Aeronautical Engineering

Aeronautical Engineering
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 686
Release: 1972
Genre: Aeronautics
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A selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles that were introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system and announced in Scientific and technical aerospace reports (STAR) and International aerospace abstracts (IAA).