An integrated approach to mid- and upper-level turbulence forecasting

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-287

  Sharman, Robert ^a   Tebaldi, C ^a   Wiener, G ^a   Wolff, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; TURBULENCE; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

GRAPHICAL TURBULENCE GUIDANCE SYSTEM; MID-LEVEL TURBULENCE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; UPPER-LEVEL TURBULENCE FORECASTING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33745824235     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF924.1     Document Type: Article

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