Reanalysis and Application Computer Programs for Improving Artillery Accuracy.

摘要

Two programs have been developed for using both Air Force Global Weather Central (GWC) prognostic data and Army rawinsonde data for improving the accuracy of meteorological corrections applied in aiming cannon artillery. The first program, the Prognostic Data Reanalysis Routine (PDRR), updates the GWC prognoses using the available Army rawinsonde observations. The program options include data editing, updating for both current and later times, divergence alteration, and height balancing. The second program, the Artillery Applications Routine (AAR), uses the updated GWC results in addition to the best available sounding, to generate a Computer Meteorological Message for use in computing ballistic corrections for artillery firings. The options that are to be used in either program are determined by control parameter values that are initially read from data cards into the computer. A description of the numerical techniques and the computer program input and output are given in this report, along with a listing of the programs and an example case. (Author)