Statistics and dynamics of aircraft encounters of turbulence over Greenland

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2687-2702

  Lane, Todd P ^a   Doyle, James D ^b   Sharman, Robert D ^c   Shapiro, Melvyn A ^d,e   Watson, Capmbell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LEVEL; FLOW REGIMES; GREENLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; HISTORICAL RECORDS; INCIDENT FLOW; MESOSCALE MODEL; MODEL SIMULATION; MOUNTAIN WAVE; SURFACE CYCLONE; TURBULENT EVENTS; WIND SHEARS;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

TURBULENCE;

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONE; EASTERLY WAVE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GRAVITY WAVE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND SHEAR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 70350303244     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2878.1     Document Type: Article

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