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 and Development. The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, August 14–16, 1968

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