Detecting convective induced turbulence via total lightning sensing

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2015, MGNC 2015 - Held at the AIAA SciTech Forum 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Krozel, Jimmy ^a   Deierling, Wiebke ^b   Sharman, Robert D ^b   Williams, John K ^b  

^a Innovation Laboratory Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; CIVIL AVIATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHTNING; TURBULENCE;

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; CONVECTIVE TURBULENCE; HAZARD DETECTION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; IMPLEMENTATION COST; OCEANIC AIRSPACE; SAFETY-OF-FLIGHT; TOTAL LIGHTNING;

CLOUDS;

EID: 84973454848     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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