Numerical study of a convective turbulence encounter

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Proctor, Fred H ^a   Hamilton, David W ^a   Bowles, Roland L ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; NASA;

CONVECTIVE TURBULENCE; FLIGHT TEST; GRID SIZE; MODEL COMPARISON; NUMERICAL DATA; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES;

TURBULENCE;

EID: 85087188020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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