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NASA B-57B Severe Storms Flight ProgramPlots of winds encountered in-flight are presented for a severe turbulence case from JAWS flight 7 (near Denver on the afternoon of July 15, 1982). During the flight the B-57B showed a 30-knot increase in airspeed over a distance of about 426 ft and then a more gradual decrease of 40 to 50 knots over a distance of about 3.2 miles. This suspected outflow feature was associated with downdraft in excess of 20 knots. The horizontal wind direction changed almost 180 deg during the pass through the feature, and the intensity of velocity differences decreased for all three components within the downdraft. Calculated probability density functions for u, v, and w showed a jagged character; and distributions for Delta-u, Delta-v, and Delta-w were distinctly non-Gaussian. Based on skewness and kurtosis values, the data could probably best be modeled by a Pearson type VII (Student's t) distribution.
Document ID
19840033387
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Painter, W. D.
(NASA Flight Research Center Edwards AFB, CA, United States)
Camp, D. W.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Systems Dynamics Laboratory, Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1983
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Accession Number
84A16174
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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