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The physical and empirical basis for a specific clear-air turbulence risk index
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Keller, J. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | The fundamental emphasis of this research was to develop a technique which would be a significant improvement over those currently used for flight planning to avoid clear air turbulence (CAT). The technique should, ideally, be both quantitative in determining potential intensity and specific in locating regions of relatively high risk. Furthermore, it should not rely on specialized data but be functional using the currently available rawinsonde observation (raob) system. Encouraging results documented in an earlier investigation were considered compelling enough to warrant a closer look into the possibilities of a Specific Clear Air Turbulence Risk (SCATR) index approach to the clear air turbulence problem. Unlike that research, which considered sustained periods of flight in light to moderate clear air turbulence, this study focuses on several cases of documented severe CAT. Results of these case studies suggest that a SCATR index is not an unrealizable goal and that uses of such an index, event in its current prototype level of development, are also apparent. |
| File Size | 1565504 |
| Page Count | 49 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19860020813 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0rr6qv49 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Flight Management Systems Aircraft Safety Thermal Instability Predictions Rawinsondes Risk Gusts Clear Air Turbulence Wind Shear Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
