Characterizations of tropospheric turbulence and stability layers from aircraft observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Cho, John Y N ^a   Newell, Reginald E ^a   Anderson, Bruce E ^b   Barrick, John D W ^b   Thornhill, K Lee ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear air turbulence; Convective instability; Shear instability; Stable layers; Tracer mixing

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANISOTROPY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ANISOTROPY; HUMIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TRACE GAS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0347942884     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JD002820     Document Type: Article

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