NASA NTRS · 19910000313
Estimating Atmospheric Turbulence From Flight Records
Abstract
Method for estimation of atmospheric turbulence encountered by airplanes utilizes wealth of data captured by multichannel digital flight-data recorders and air-traffic-control radar. Developed as part of continuing effort to understand how airplanes respond to such potentially hazardous phenomena as: clear-air turbulence generated by destabilized wind-shear layers above mountains and thunderstorms, and microbursts (intense downdrafts striking ground), associated with thunderstorms. Reconstructed wind fields used to predict and avoid future hazards.
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Wingrove, R. C., Bach, R. E., Jr., Schultz, T. A.. 1991-07-01. Estimating Atmospheric Turbulence From Flight Records. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19910000313
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