Central American Flying Weather

Abstract

This report, which summarizes flying weather in Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, was prepared from interviews with highly experienced civil and military pilots and meteorologists in Honduras and Costa Rica. Flying weather in defined areas is described for each of the climatological seasons--seasons that do not necessarily match calendar seasons or North American temperate zone seasons. Keywords: Climate; Central America; Aviation Weather; Climatology; Cloud; Ceiling; Visibility; Wind; Precipitation; Fog; Haze: Smoke; Temporale; Mountain Wave; Military Meteorology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADB099412

Entities

People

  • Kenneth R. Walters

Organizations

  • Air Force Technical Applications Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Masses
  • Central America
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Guatemala
  • Honduras
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Meteorology
  • Nicaragua
  • Regions
  • Turbulence
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
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