Download or read book A Preliminary Report on Doppler Radar Observation of Turbulence in a Thunderstorm written by Ralph J. Donaldson and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertical-incidence observations by Doppler radar of velocities in a thunderstorm reveal some regions in which the spread of velocities is unusually broad. The widths of the vertical velocity spectra are generally greatest along the edges of a major updraft, where the maximum shear in updraft speed also occurs. The observations indicate that turbulence is an important cause of the abnormally wide velocity spectra, and suggest the utility of Doppler radar measurements of the vertical velocity spectrum as an indicator of severe cloudy-air turbulence. Furthermore, vertical velocity spectra in the more convective regions of thunderstorms, where they may be seriously affected by turbulence and wind shear, probably give an exaggerated picture of the particle size distribution. (Author)

Download or read book A Preliminary Report on Doppler Radar Observation of Turbulence in a Thunderstorm written by Ralph J. Donaldson and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertical-incidence observations by Doppler radar of velocities in a thunderstorm reveal some regions in which the spread of velocities is unusually broad. The widths of the vertical velocity spectra are generally greatest along the edges of a major updraft, where the maximum shear in updraft speed also occurs. The observations indicate that turbulence is an important cause of the abnormally wide velocity spectra, and suggest the utility of Doppler radar measurements of the vertical velocity spectrum as an indicator of severe cloudy-air turbulence. Furthermore, vertical velocity spectra in the more convective regions of thunderstorms, where they may be seriously affected by turbulence and wind shear, probably give an exaggerated picture of the particle size distribution. (Author)

Download or read book A Preliminary Report on Doppler Radar Observation of Turbulence in a Thunderstorm written by Ralph J Donaldson (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vertical-incidence observations by Doppler radar of velocities in a thunderstorm reveal some regions in which the spread of velocities is unusually broad. The widths of the vertical velocity spectra are generally greatest along the edges of a major updraft, where the maximum shear in updraft speed also occurs. The observations indicate that turbulence is an important cause of the abnormally wide velocity spectra, and suggest the utility of Doppler radar measurements of the vertical velocity spectrum as an indicator of severe cloudy-air turbulence. Furthermore, vertical velocity spectra in the more convective regions of thunderstorms, where they may be seriously affected by turbulence and wind shear, probably give an exaggerated picture of the particle size distribution.

Download or read book Doppler Radar Weather Observations written by Richard J. Doviak and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the principles of Doppler radar and emphasizes the quantitative measurement of meteorological parameters. It illustrates the relation of Doppler radar data and images to atmospherix phenomena such as tornados, microbursts, waves, turbulence, density currents, hurricanes, and lightning. Radar images and photographs of these weather phenomena are included. Polarimetric measurements and data processing An updated section on RASS Wind profilers Observations with the WSR-88D An updated treatment of lightning Turbulence in the planetary boundary layer A short history of radar Chapter problem sets

Download or read book Radar Detection of Turbulence in Thunderstorms written by Alan R. Bohne and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical investigations are undertaken to relate intensity of turbulent air motion to Doppler radar spectrum mean and variance in precipitation environments. Examples of theoretical radar derived turbulence power density spectra and total precipitation motion variance show that effects due to imperfect particle response are significant for turbulence scale lengths less than 250 m. Doppler spectrum variance and estimated eddy dissipation rate (epsilon) are found strongly dependent upon precipitation environment for ranges less than about 20 km, and for cases where the turbulence outer scale length (lambda) is less than 0.5 km. They are also found to be essentially independent of lambda when the maximum pulse volume dimension is less than 1/2 lambda, and independent of range but strongly dependent on lambda at ranges where the maximum pulse volume dimension is greater than lambda. Estimation of epsilon by radar is shown to be unreliable until a method of remotely determining lambda is found. Nevertheless, classification of turbulence severity (index = cube root of epsilon is possible with only a reasonable guess of lambda. Analyses of aircraft/gust velocity data indicate that thunderstorm turbulence is localized into discrete patches, and that such localization must be accounted for when aircraft gust velocity data undergo power spectrum analysis.

Download or read book Test and evaluation of the radar thunderstorm turbulence detection system written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thunderstorm turbulence detection test bed was developed at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Center by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory. This consists of a system to measure and process Doppler radar parameters, and an FAA aircraft instrumented to measure turbulence concurrently with the radar observations. The test bed is being used to investigate the relationship between radar-and aircraft-measured turbulence. Radar measurements of the Doppler spectrum width and aircraft measurements of airspeed fluctuations and center-of-gravity normal accelerations were converted to the cube root of epsilon (cube root of the turbulence dissipation factor) for comparison. Several data collections were made during the summer of 1980. Results of data analysis showed that the major turbulence sequences experienced by the aircraft were essentially reflected by the radar. However, Linear correlation coefficients between radar and aircraft the the cube root of epsilon were only about 0.5. The low correlations are considered to be due to differences in response to turbulence by the two measuring systems, deficiencies in the radar processing, and radar data interpolation errors between the 80-second radar scans. In a more practical analysis, radar-measured turbulence, classified into ranges of light, moderate, and severe turbulence, showed a potentially useful relationship to aircraft turbulence. The predictive value was enhanced by consideration of radar reflectivity factor as a screening variable.

Download or read book Thunderstorms a Social Scientific Technological Documentary Instruments and techniques for thunderstorm observation and analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Application of Doppler Weather Radar to Turbulence Measurements Which Affect Aircraft written by J. T. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of thunderstorm turbulence hazardous to aircraft operation and coordinated Doppler radar observations indicate a high potential for Doppler radar utilization particularly the mean velocity spectrum breadth observations in defining severe turbulence areas. The mean Velocity Processor (MVP, the first real-time display of Doppler radar data) and the Multi-moment Ling Display (MMD), both developed at NSSL, are utilized with the radars to study vortex motion, turbulence, and wind shear areas. In addition, the Plan Shear Indicator (PSI) developed by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory (AFCRL) was also employed. A number of severe convective storms were penetrated by an instrumented aircraft directed into areas which analysis inferred to be turbulent. Aircraft recorded turbulence and concurrent Doppler data are compared. Utilization of the spectrum breadth calculated from the mean velocity data as a turbulence signature is discussed. Vortex motion signature is also defined. (Author).

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Download or read book Doppler Radar Observations written by Joan Bech and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doppler radar systems have been instrumental to improve our understanding and monitoring capabilities of phenomena taking place in the low, middle, and upper atmosphere. Weather radars, wind profilers, and incoherent and coherent scatter radars implementing Doppler techniques are now used routinely both in research and operational applications by scientists and practitioners. This book brings together a collection of eighteen essays by international leading authors devoted to different applications of ground based Doppler radars. Topics covered include, among others, severe weather surveillance, precipitation estimation and nowcasting, wind and turbulence retrievals, ionospheric radar and volcanological applications of Doppler radar. The book is ideally suited for graduate students looking for an introduction to the field or professionals intending to refresh or update their knowledge on Doppler radar applications.

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Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.