Automated turbulence forecasting strategies

Aviation Turbulence: Processes, Detection, Prediction

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 243-260

  Knox, John A ^a   Black, Alan W ^b   Rackley, Jared A ^c   Wilson, Emily N ^d   Grant, Jeremiah S ^a   Phelps, Stephanie P ^e   Nevius, David S ^a   Dunn, Corey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d DELTA AIR LINES   (United States)

^e APEX Clean Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; FORECASTING;

CLEAR-AIR TURBULENCES; EMPIRICAL TECHNIQUES; FORECASTING TECHNIQUES; MOUNTAIN WAVE TURBULENCES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 85013158430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23630-8_12     Document Type: Chapter

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