Description and derived climatologies of automated in situ eddy-dissipation-rate reports of atmospheric turbulence

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1416-1432

  Sharman, Robert D ^a   Cornman, L B ^a   Meymaris, G ^a   Pearson, J ^a   Farrar, T ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; EDDY DISSIPATION RATE; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; LOWER STRATOSPHERE; ROUTE PLANNING; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE INTENSITY LEVEL; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

AIRCRAFT;

AIRCRAFT; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; IN SITU TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TURBULENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899050049     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0329.1     Document Type: Article

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