Standard Artillery Atmosphere

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Standard Artillery Atmosphere

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A set of values describing atmospheric conditions on which ballistic computations are based: namely, no wind, a surface temperature of 15 degrees C, a surface pressure of 1000 millibars, a surface relative humidity of 78 percent, and a lapse rate which yields a prescribed density-altitude relation. </dd>

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This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use