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Aircraft measurements of electrified clouds at kennedy space center. part 2: case study: 4 november 1988 (88309)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Bullock, J. W. Hunyady, S. J. Jones, J. J. Winn, W. P. Moore, C. B. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | During the fall of 1988, a Schweizer airplane equipped to measure electric field and other meteorological parameters flew over Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in a program to study clouds defined in the existing launch restriction criteria. A case study is presented of a single flight over KSC on November 4, 1988. This flight was chosen for two reasons: (1) the clouds were weakly electrified, and no lightning was reported during the flight; and (2) electric field mills in the surface array at KSC indicated field strengths greater than 3 kV/m, yet the aircraft flying directly over them at an altitude of 3.4 km above sea level measured field strengths of less than 1.6 kV/m. A weather summary, sounding description, record of cloud types, and an account of electric field measurements are included. |
| File Size | 4746350 |
| Page Count | 128 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910005369 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3nw4cd3c |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-04-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Test Vehicles Thunderstorms Cape Kennedy Launch Complex Weather Forecasting Prelaunch Problems Atmospheric Sounding Spacecraft Launching Field Strength Electrical Measurement Meteorological Parameters Lightning Histories Clouds Meteorology Electric Fields Atmospheric Electricity Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
