Abstract

The role of turbulence as a frequent and serious atmospheric hazard to aviation was addressed in Section 3.3. It was pointed out in Chapter 4 that thunderstorms generate some of the strongest turbulence found naturally in the atmosphere. However, atmospheric turbulence is of widespread occurrence, and 'clear air turbulence' is a commonly experienced source of aviation hazard and discomfort. The basic capability of coherent weather radars to sense and measure turbulence through an estimate of the Doppler spectral width was discussed in Chapter 6. In view of the paramount importance of turbulence in the aviation context, this chapter is devoted to a closer and deeper study of some of the fundamental aspects of atmospheric turbulence, and its relationship with aviation on the one hand and radar measured variables on the other.

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