An automated system to quantify aircraft encounters with convectively induced turbulence over Europe and the Northeast Atlantic

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1077-1089

  Meneguz, Elena ^a   Wells, Helen ^a   Turp, Debi ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Convective storms; Forecast verification skill; Lightning; Satellite observations; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AUTOMATION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; LIGHTNING; NATURAL CONVECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORMS; TURBULENCE;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; ARRIVAL TIME DETECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE STORMS; FORECAST VERIFICATION/SKILL; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; NORTHEASTERN ATLANTIC; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIRCRAFT; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; LIGHTNING; METEOSAT; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STORM; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EUROPE;

EID: 84973130088     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0194.1     Document Type: Article

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