Clear air turbulence avoidance using an airborne microwave radiometerThe avoidance of Clear Air Turbulence (CAT) is theoretically possible by selecting flight levels that are a safe distance from the tropopause and inversion layers. These favored sites for CAT generation can be located by an 'airborne microwave radiometer' (AMR) passive sensor system that measures altitude temperature profiles. A flight evaluation of the AMR sensor shows that most CAT could be avoided by following sensor-based advisories. Some limitations still exist for any hypothetical use of the sensor. The principal need is to augment the sensor's 'where' advisories to include useful 'when' forecasts.
Document ID
19840035204
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Gary, B. L. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)