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Comparison of wind velocity in thunderstorms determined from measurements by a ground-based Doppler radar and an F-106B airplane

Author
Lee, J. T.
Published
Apr 1, 1985.
Physical Description
1 electronic document
Additional Creators
Usry, J. W. and Dunham, R. E., Jr.
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Summary
As a part of the NASA Storm Hazards Program, the wind velocity in several thunderstorms was measured by an F-106B instrumented airplane and a ground-based Doppler radar. The results of five airplane penetrations of two storms in 1980 and six penetrations of one storm in 1981 are given. Comparisons were made between the radial wind velocity components measured by the radar and the airplane. The correlation coefficients for the 1980 data and part of the 1981 data were 0.88 and 0.78, respectively. It is suggested that larger values for these coefficients may be obtained by improving the experimental technique and in particular by slaving the radar to track the airplane during such tests.
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Collection
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
Note
Document ID: 19850018376.
Accession ID: 85N26687.
L-15875.
NAS 1.15:86348.
NASA-TM-86348.
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