we
(6) Tse greatest observed wertical shear was 260 knots ih 300 feet.
Tne sase observation and aleirule of 227,000 feet indicated a sazxins viol
of
2t6 maots Irce icv degrees.
In the come from 150,000 to 150,000 feet, wimis were relarively stable
easterlies with aoderate speeds, generally 50 to 100 kpots. Turdulesce appears to be 20 2 minicom anid wertical shears are very saall.
Poth of these
wariables are less than those usually recorded in the troposphere (below
40,000 to 60,000 feet).
These data seew Co substantiate the usual concept
of this layer, i-e., it is of great stability where temperature increases |
with beight.
Based on chese data, extrapolation upward froa winis deterained
frou ballooa observations ac their maximo altitude (120,000 to 140,000 feet)
“would provide ap accurate wind estimate to approximately 160,000 feet.
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