Normal probabilities for Cape Kennedy wind components : Monthly reference periods for all flight azimuths. Altitudes 0 to 70 kilometers

Author: Falls, L. W.
Published: Apr 16, 1973.
Physical Description: 1 electronic document

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This document replaces Cape Kennedy empirical wind component statistics which are presently being used for aerospace engineering applications that require component wind probabilities for various flight azimuths and selected altitudes. The normal (Gaussian) distribution is presented as an adequate statistical model to represent component winds at Cape Kennedy. Head-, tail-, and crosswind components are tabulated for all flight azimuths for altitudes from 0 to 70 km by monthly reference periods. Wind components are given for 11 selected percentiles ranging from 0.135 percent to 99,865 percent for each month. Results of statistical goodness-of-fit tests are presented to verify the use of the Gaussian distribution as an adequate model to represent component winds at Cape Kennedy, Florida.

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METEOROLOGY

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Document ID: 19730021893.
Accession ID: 73N30625.
NASA-TM-X-64771.

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