An investigation of a commercial aircraft encounter with severe clear-air turbulence over western greenland

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-53

  Sharman, R D ^a   Doyle, J D ^b   Shapiro, M A ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Kelvin helmholtz instabilities; Mountain waves; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOEING 777; CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCES; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; DIGITAL FLIGHT DATA; DOWNSLOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; GREENLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; LEE WAVES; MOUNTAIN WAVE; SIMULATION MODEL; WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; TURBULENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LEE WAVE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TURBULENCE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84856172963     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-044.1     Document Type: Article

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