Summary of the model validation program for rocket launch clouds

37th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Abernathy, Robert N ^a   Lundblad, Bart L ^a   Keough, Michael P ^b  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Air Force Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; MILITARY AVIATION; PROPULSION; ROCKETS; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELING; CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATIONS; DISPERSION MODELING; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; SPACE AND MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTERS; SUPPLEMENTARY DATA; TRACER DISPERSION; VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE;

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

EID: 85087595658     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2001-3728     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (8)

1. Several reports documenting measurements against the Titan IV launch clouds, a 34D9 abort cloud, and the tracer releases are provided on the MVP web page (http://www.aero.org/envsvs/MVPhtml). The Aerospace Corporation reports document the results of aircraft sampling of HCI for four launches as well as quantitative imagery against 13 normal launches.
2. th Top. Meet. Emergency Preparedness & Response, San Francisco, CA, April 22-25, 1997.
3. 6 Release Site Data Report for MVP Session 3 (April/May 1996)", KSD-1997-03, September 1997.
4. C. R. Parks, "1998: An Overview of Weather Conditions during MVP Tracer Sessions at the Eastern Range", ACTA Corp. Tech. Report 98-370/9.3-01, ACTA Corp., Torrance, CA (February 1998).
5. R. Abernathy, I. Min, and B. Lundblad (The Aerospace Corporation) and B. Kempf (U.S. Air Force Space and Missile System Center), "Tracer Puff Dispersion at Launch Sites", Paper at 28th Propellant Development and Characterization Subcommittee and 17th Safety and Environmental Protection Subcommittee Joint Meeting, Town & Country Hotel/Naval Submarine Base, San Diego, CA (26-30 April 1999), Chemical Propulsion Information Agency (CPIA) Publication 687, April 1999
6. R. N. Abernathy, I. A. Min, B. L. Lundblad, and W. S. Kempf, "Tracer Puff Dispersion at Launch Sites", The Aerospace Corporation Report No: TR-99(1413)-4, SMC-TR-99-25, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (15 July 1999).
7. R. N. Abernathy, "MVP Deployment #4 (May 1997) Tracer Gas Atmospheric Dispersion Measurements at Vandenberg Air Force Base", The Aerospace Corporation Report No: TR- 2000(1490)-2, SMC-TR-2000-15, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA(15 June 2000).
8. I. A. Min, "Puff Dispersion Sigma Values from MVP4 at VAFB", The Aerospace Corporation Report No: TR-2000(1490)-3, SMC-TR-01-05, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (29 June 2000). American Institute