Clear-Air Turbulence: Simultaneous Observations by Radar and Aircraft
- 18 August 1967
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 157 (3790) , 808-809
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.157.3790.808
Abstract
Ultrasensitive radars and uninstrumented jet aircraft in concert have probed regions of the clear atmosphere in search of clear-air turbulence. All sources of clear-air radar echoes above 6 kilometers that were probed simultaneously by the aircraft were found to be turbulent.Keywords
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