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Foil chaff clouds as a tool for in-situ measurements of atmospheric motions in the middle atmosphere: their flight behaviour and implications for radar tracking |
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| Affiliation: | 1. IT Application Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Jeonju 54853, Republic of Korea;2. Material & Device Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute, Seongnam 13509, Republic of Korea;3. Division of Electronics and Information Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea |
| Abstract: | The aerodynamic behaviour of foil chaff (rectangular plates) used for in-situ measurements of atmospheric motions in the middle atmosphere (up to 100 km altitude) can be described by Stokes' Law in which the corrections are applied to the coefficient of viscosity. The results obtained with this approximation are in good agreement with observations and allow us to explain in detail certain peculiarities occasionally seen in the tracking of chaff clouds by radar. |
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