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Clear Air Turbulence and Its Detection

Proceedings of a Symposium on Clear Air Turbulence and Its Detection, Organized and Sponsored by the Flight Sciences Laboratories, Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Office of the Vice President — Research and Development. The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, August 14–16, 1968

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Table of contents (28 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. The Significance of Clear Air Turbulence in Large Scale Meteorology

  3. The Origin and Nature of Clear Air Turbulence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. Mechanisms of Clear Air Turbulence

      • Richard S. Scorer
      Pages 34-50
    3. A Theory of Clear-Air Turbulence

      • Robert R. Long
      Pages 51-62
    4. Instability of the Thermal Wind

      • Alan J. Faller, Robert Kaylor
      Pages 63-72
    5. On the Energy Supply of Clear Air Turbulence

      • Joost A. Businger
      Pages 100-108
  4. The Observational Results of Clear Air Turbulence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. Meteorological Analysis of Clear Air Turbulence in the Stratosphere

      • Finis A. Mitchell, David T. Prophet
      Pages 144-182
    3. The Probabilistic Structure of Clear Air Turbulence — Some Observational Results and Implications

      • John A. Dutton, Gary J. Thompson, Dennis G. Deaven
      Pages 183-206
    4. The Colorado Lee Wave Program

      • Douglas K. Lilly, Wim Toutenhoofd
      Pages 232-245
    5. Detailed Wind and Temperature Profiles

      • G. H. Fichtl, D. W. Camp, W. W. Vaughan
      Pages 308-333

Editors and Affiliations

  • Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, USA

    Yih-Ho Pao, Arnold Goldburg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Clear Air Turbulence and Its Detection

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Symposium on Clear Air Turbulence and Its Detection, Organized and Sponsored by the Flight Sciences Laboratories, Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Office of the Vice President — Research and Development. The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, August 14–16, 1968

  • Editors: Yih-Ho Pao, Arnold Goldburg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5615-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1969

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-5617-0Published: 07 December 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-5615-6Published: 11 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 542

  • Number of Illustrations: 143 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Automotive Engineering

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