Prediction of energy dissipation rates for aviation turbulence. Part II: Nowcasting convective and nonconvective turbulence

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 339-351

  Pearson, Julia M ^a   Sharman, R D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Convective storms; Nowcasting; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENERGY DISSIPATION; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FORECASTING;

CONVECTIVE STORMS; ENERGY DISSIPATION RATE; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; NOWCASTING; PERFORMANCE METRICES; RELATIVE OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE; TURBULENCE FORECASTS;

TURBULENCE;

ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY DISSIPATION; NOWCASTING; PREDICTION; STORM; TURBULENCE;

EID: 85013200680     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0312.1     Document Type: Article

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