Aviation turbulence encounters detected from aircraft observations: spatiotemporal characteristics and application to Korean Aviation Turbulence Guidance

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 594-604

  Kim, Soo Hyun ^a   Chun, Hye Yeong ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aircraft observation; Aviation turbulence; Derived equivalent vertical gust velocity (DEVG); Korean aviation turbulence guidance (KTG)

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT; FORECASTING;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; AREA UNDER THE CURVES; FORECASTING PERFORMANCE; INERTIAL INSTABILITY; KOREAN AVIATION TURBULENCE GUIDANCE (KTG); PROBABILITY OF DETECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; VERTICAL GUSTS;

TURBULENCE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; DETECTION METHOD; GUST; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 85002593027     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1581     Document Type: Article

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