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Turbulence measurements by the DC‐8 Meteorological Measurement System
Author(s) -
Chan K. R.,
DeanDay J.,
Bowen S. W.,
Bui T. P.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/97gl03590
Subject(s) - turbulence , meteorology , instrumentation (computer programming) , wake , dissipation , vortex , environmental science , physics , aerospace engineering , altitude (triangle) , field (mathematics) , remote sensing , atmospheric sciences , geology , mechanics , computer science , engineering , geometry , mathematics , pure mathematics , thermodynamics , operating system
The instrumentation of a new MMS on the NASA DC‐8 aircraft is briefly described. A method to compute the turbulent dissipation rate, ε, is discussed in light of some apparent inconsistencies between high and medium altitude aircraft data and available theory. Examples of turbulence measurements during encounters of a wake vortex, a field of wave clouds, and persistent contrails are illustrated.