Clear Air Turbulence and Its Detection : Proceedings of a Symposium on Clear Air Turbulence and Its Detection, Organized and Sponsored by the Flight Sciences Laboratories, Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Office of the Vice President -- Research a

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv The Significance of Clear Air Turbulence in Large Scale Meteorology....Pages 1-3 Front Matter....Pages 5-5 The Nature of Clear Air Turbulence: A Review....Pages 7-33 Mechanisms of Clear Air Turbulence....Pages 34-50 A Theory of Clear-Air Turbulence....Pages 51-62 Instability of the Thermal Wind....Pages 63-72 Origin and Structure of Turbulence in Stably Stratified Media....Pages 73-99 On the Energy Supply of Clear Air Turbulence....Pages 100-108 Large Scale Processes Contributing Energy to Clear Air Turbulence....Pages 109-123 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 Technical and Meteorological Planning to Meet the ALLCAT Program Objectives....Pages 127-143 Meteorological Analysis of Clear Air Turbulence in the Stratosphere....Pages 144-182 The Probabilistic Structure of Clear Air Turbulence — Some Observational Results and Implications....Pages 183-206 Turbulence at Low Altitudes. Summary of the Results of Lo-Locat Phases I and II....Pages 207-231 The Colorado Lee Wave Program....Pages 232-245 Recent Investigations of Clear-Air Turbulence in the U.S.S.R.....Pages 246-270 Clear Air Turbulence Research Activities at the National Aeronautical Establishment....Pages 271-287 A Study of the Relation of Clear Air Turbulence to the Mesoscale Structure of the Jet Stream Region....Pages 288-307 Detailed Wind and Temperature Profiles....Pages 308-333 Front Matter....Pages 335-335 Clear Air Turbulence and Upper Level Meteorological Patterns....Pages 337-360 Recent Studies Related to Clear Air Turbulence....Pages 361-377 Front Matter....Pages 379-379 Clear Air Turbulence Detection Methods: A Review....Pages 381-401 Front Matter....Pages 379-379 Radar Investigations of Atmospheric Structure and CAT in the 3 to 20-km Region....Pages 402-416 Probing the Optically Clear Atmosphere with Radar....Pages 417-424 Radar Echoes from Clear Air Inhomogeneities....Pages 425-435 The Remote Detection of Clear Air Turbulence by Infrared Radiation....Pages 436-448 Infrared Clear Air Turbulence Detection and Warning System....Pages 449-475 Microwave and Infrared Scattering and Absorption Related to Atmospheric Inhomogeneities....Pages 476-480 Laser Backscatter Correlation with Turbulent Regions of the Atmosphere....Pages 481-497 Front Matter....Pages 499-499 Panel Discussion and Conclusion....Pages 501-525 Back Matter....Pages 526-542