An improvement in clear-air turbulence forecasting based on spontaneous imbalance theory: The ULTURB algorithm

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-78

  Mccann, Donald W ^a   Knox, John A ^b   Williams, Paul D ^c  

^a McCann Aviation Weather Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aviation weather; Gravity waves; Lighthill Ford

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857923388     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.260     Document Type: Article

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