Stratospheric Turbulence from Wind Shears.

Abstract

A statistical analysis of smoke trail velocity profiles and balloon velocity profiles has been carried out to evaluate and remove their inherent noise content. The day-to-day variability in the probability of exceeding critical shear was evaluated. The corona anemometer data was compared with the much larger data-base of smoke trail data. Although the corona anemometer showed a higher probability of turbulence, it was within the variability expected from the smoke trail analysis. It is shown that the diffusion integral which leads to the diffusion coefficient is very sensitive to the variability in turbulent occurrence probabilities. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1982
Accession Number
ADA119980

Entities

People

  • Norman Rosenberg

Organizations

  • Tel Aviv University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anemometers
  • Coefficients
  • Confidence Limits
  • Contracts
  • Data Processing
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Diffusion
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Frequency
  • Information Science
  • Security
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Turbulence
  • Wind

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Space