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An index of clear air turbulence
Author(s) -
Colson D.,
Panofsky H. A.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709139010
Subject(s) - baroclinity , turbulence , turbulence kinetic energy , index (typography) , richardson number , meteorology , intensity (physics) , environmental science , wind shear , clear air turbulence , atmospheric sciences , geology , mechanics , physics , wind speed , computer science , optics , world wide web
An index is derived for the intensity of turbulence in a sloping baroclinic layer. Preliminary estimates of this index from ordinary meteorological information suggest that the index is proportional to turbulent energy and that it discriminates better between regions of varying intensity than vertical wind shear or Richardson number. An exact test, however, would require more detailed synoptic information than is usually available.