Session 5 Advancements in the Analysis and Prediction of Turbulence for Aviation, Range and Aerospace Operations

Tuesday, 14 January 2020: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Host: 20th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Chair:
Wiebke Deierling, NCAR, RAL, Boulder, CO
CoChair:
Han-Chang Ko, Yonsei University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seoul

Unexpected turbulence encounters by commercial aircraft is the main cause of aircraft incidents involving injuries to passengers and flight crew. Improving the detection, prediction and dissemination of turbulence information will be key to reducing the number of turbulence incidents. Topics describing progress in the explicit prediction of turbulence, diagnosis of turbulence from operational numerical weather prediction models and methods for quantifying uncertainties of turbulence predictions are also relevant. Topics may focus on specific turbulence-generating mechanisms such as clear air, mountain wave or convection. Topics can also span the range of spatial scales from estimating turbulence structures within an urban landscape to predicting the likelihood for turbulence at the global scale.

Papers:
10:30 AM
5.1
Government-Industry Collaborative Investigations of In-Cloud versus Out-of-Cloud Turbulence
Tammy J. Flowe, FAA, Washington, DC; and G. Meymaris, R. Sharman, W. Deierling, J. Pearson, R. Curtis, W. L. Qualley, and J. Hendricks

10:45 AM
5.2
11:00 AM
5.3
Utility of gravity wave regions identified in GOES water vapor imaginary for verifying turbulence forecasts.
Tanya R. Peevey, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CSU/CIRA, Boulder, CO; and D. M. Mueller, K. R. Fenton Jr., M. S. Wandishin, and P. Hamer

11:15 AM
5.4
Climatology of the Estimated Eddy Dissipation Rate (EDR) using the 1-Hz wind observations from In-situ Flight Data
Jung-Hoon Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. M. Kim, S. H. Kim, and H. Y. Chun

11:30 AM
5.5
UTLS Turbulence Forecasting with NWP Models at 1-km Grid Spacing: The 'Unexpected' True Consequences of PBL Diffusion
Domingo Munoz-Esparza, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. D. Sharman and S. B. Trier

11:45 AM
5.6
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