The role of vertical shear on aviation turbulence within cirrus bands of a simulated western Pacific cyclone

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2794-2813

  Kim, Jung Hoon ^a,b   Chun, Hye Yeong ^b   Sharman, Robert D ^c   Trier, Stanley B ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STORMS; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ADVANCED RESEARCHES; BOUNDARY LAYER ROLLS; COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT; EDDY DISSIPATION RATE; GENERATION MECHANISM; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

SHEAR FLOW;

AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRRUS; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COASTAL ZONE; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENT; TURBULENCE; WIND SHEAR;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905694270     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00008.1     Document Type: Article

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