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Some measurements of turbulence in altocumulus clouds
Author(s) -
Watson N. R.
Publication year - 1967
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.49709339608
Subject(s) - turbulence , instrumentation (computer programming) , meteorology , environmental science , cloud computing , inversion (geology) , atmospheric sciences , geology , physics , computer science , seismology , tectonics , operating system
The method used to measure vertical gust components from aircraft and the instrumentation for this work installed in the Canberra aircraft of the Meteorological Research Flight are described. Sections showing the vertical gust components obtained during penetrations of altocumulus cloud are presented. Root mean square values were found to be about 0·5 m sec −1 in the middle of the cloud. There appeared to be some damping of the turbulence in the top of the cloud when it was under an inversion.