Aircraft encounters with strong coherent vortices over the boreal forest

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 29231-29234

  MacPherson, J Ian ^a   Betts, Alan K ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; FOREST BIOME; GUST; VORTEX;

CANADA, MANITOBA, THOMPSON; CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, PRINCE ALBERT;

EID: 0031448293     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd03874     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Bluestein, H. B., Observations of steam devils over a lake during a cold air outbreak, Mon. Weather Rev., 118, 2244-2247, 1990.
2. Grossman, R. L., and A. K. Betts, Air-sea interaction during an extreme cold air outbreak from the eastern coast of the United States, Mon. Weather Rev., 118, 324-342, 1990,
3. Kaimal, J. C., and J. A. Businger, Case studies of a convective plume and a dust devil, J. Appl. Meteor., 9, 612-620, 1970.
4. MacPherson, J. I., NRC Twin Otter Operations in BOREAS 1994. National Research Council of Canada Report LTR-FR-129, 192pp., 1996.
5. MacPherson, J. I., R. L. Grossman, and R. D. Kelly, Intercomparison results for FIFE flux aircraft. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 97, No. D17, 18499-18514, 1992.
6. Sellers, P., et al., The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS): An overview and early results from the 1994 field year, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 76, 1549-1577, 1995.
7. Sinclair, P. C., General characteristics of dust devils, J. Appl. Meteorol., 8, 32-45, 1969.