Including convection in global turbulence forecasts

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-114

  Gill, Philip G ^a   Stirling, Alison J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAT; Convection; GADS; Turbulence; Verification

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATOLOGY; HAZARDS; HEAT CONVECTION; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VERIFICATION;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; AVIATION USERS; GADS; MOUNTAIN WAVE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE FORECASTS; WIND SHEARS;

FORECASTING;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; FORECASTING METHOD; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TURBULENCE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84874719547     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1315     Document Type: Article

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