Instrumentation of an RB-57F to measure high-altitude turbulence encounters

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40003946
Author	Search for: MacPherson, J. I.¹; Search for: Lum, K.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council Canada. National Aeronautical Establishment
Format	Text, Technical Report
Physical description	25 p.
Abstract	The National Aeronautical Establishment has installed a turbulence instrumentation package and memory recorder on a USAF RB-57F weather reconnaissance aircraft at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The object of the project, named "Coldscan", is to record turbulence encounters and temperature changes on routine weather patrol and training flights at altitudes above 50, 000 feet. A description of the instrumentation system and its operation is presented along with example data from two of the first project flights. These initial results are most significant for the magnitudes of the temperature gradients encountered near 60, 000 feet.
Publication date	1969-03
Publisher	National Research Council Canada
Series	Aeronautical Report (National Research Council Canada. National Aeronautical Establishment), no. LR-522 (March 1969).
Language	English
Peer reviewed	No
NRC number	NRCC 10745 FRL-1969-0001
NPARC number	8931920
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Record identifier	f6a41478-469f-4af4-bf99-58f188443ec5
Record created	2009-04-23
Record modified	2026-02-20

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