NEXRAD detection of hazardous turbulence

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 977-992

  Williams, John K ^a,b,c   Cornman, Larry B ^a,b,c   Yee, Jaimi ^a   Carson, Steven G ^a   Blackburn, Gary ^a   Craig, Jason ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Research Applications Laboratory   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVELY-INDUCED TURBULENCE; EDDY DISSIPATION RATE; HISTORICAL DATA; TURBULENCE DETECTION ALGORITHM; TURBULENCE-RELATED AVIATION ACCIDENTS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS;

EID: 34250726567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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