Remote detection and diagnosis of thunderstorm turbulence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7088, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Williams, John K ^a   Sharman, Robert ^a   Craig, Jason ^a   Blackburn, Gary ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Aviation safety; Convection; Convectively induced turbulence (CIT); Doppler weather radar; NEXRAD; NextGen; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS; AVIATION SAFETY; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVELY-INDUCED TURBULENCE (CIT); DECISION SUPPORTS; DOPPLER; DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR; EN-ROUTE; GROUND-BASED; HAZARD DETECTION; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IN-SITU; LIGHTNING STRIKES; MACHINE-LEARNING; MODEL DATA; NEXRAD; NEXTGEN; NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL; PREDICTIVE MODELING; RADAR DATA; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RADIANCE MEASUREMENTS; REMOTE DETECTION; REMOTE-SENSING APPLICATIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TURBULENCE DETECTION; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS; WEATHER INFORMATION;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRCRAFT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERICS; AVIATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DOPPLER RADAR; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LIGHTNING; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NASA; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIO; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE OPTICS; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THUNDERSTORMS; TRACKING RADAR;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 52349087038     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795570     Document Type: Conference Paper

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