Mechanisms influencing cirrus banding and aviation turbulence near a convectively enhanced upper-level jet stream

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3003-3027

  Trier, Stanley B ^a   Sharman, Robert D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; GRAVITY WAVES; SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY; TROPOSPHERE;

DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; INERTIA GRAVITY WAVES; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; MODERATE OR GREATER TURBULENCES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; WAVELIKE PERTURBATIONS;

TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CIRRUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVE; JET STREAM; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84981164194     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0094.1     Document Type: Article

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