Aviation Turbulence : Processes, Detection, Prediction /: Processes, Detection, Prediction. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert Sharman, Todd Lane.
• Editors: Sharman, Robert; Lane, Todd
• Other Names: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
• Contents: Part I Background -- Nature of aviation turbulence -- A History of Weather Reporting from Aircraft and Turbulence Forecasting for Commercial Aviation -- Instabilities Conducive to Aviation Turbulence -- Turbulence events interpreted by vortex rolls -- Part II Turbulence Detection Methods and Applications -- Airborne in situ measurements of turbulence -- Doppler radar measurements of turbulence -- Remote Turbulence Detection using Ground-Based Doppler Weather Radar -- Relations between lightning and convective turbulence -- LIDAR-based turbulence intensity for aviation applications -- Part III Nowcasting, forecasting, and verification -- A Summary of Turbulence Forecasting Techniques Used by the National Weather Service -- An Airline Perspective: Current and Future Vision for Turbulence Forecasting and Reporting -- Automated Turbulence Forecasting Strategies -- Aviation turbulence forecast verification -- Aviation turbulence ensemble techniques -- Part IV Observational and modeling studies -- Multi-scale observational and numerical modeling studies of the turbulence environment -- Processes underlying near-cloud turbulence -- Modeling Studies of Turbulence Mechanisms Associated with Mesoscale Convective Systems -- Numerical Modeling and Predictability of Mountain Wave-Induced Turbulence and Rotors -- Gravity waves generated by jets and fronts and their relevance for clear-air turbulence -- Turbulence and waves in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere -- Similarity of stably geophysical stratified flows -- Part V Future developments -- Airborne remote detection of turbulence with forward-looking LIDAR -- Clear-air turbulence in a changing climate -- Application of Aviation Turbulence Information to Air-Traffic Management (ATM) -- Research needs.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 629.1; Engineering; Atmospheric physics; Geophysics; Astronautics; Engineering; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Atmospheric Sciences; Geophysics and Environmental Physics; Meteorology in aeronautics; Aerospace engineering; Aerospace engineering; Astronautics; Atmospheric physics; Engineering; Geophysics; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology; Science -- Geophysics; Earth sciences; Geophysics; Technology & Engineering -- Aeronautics & Astronautics; Aerospace & aviation technology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319236308; 9783319236292; 3319236296
• Related ISBNs: 331923630X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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