Session 10 Understanding and Mitigating the Impact of Gravity Waves, Wake Vortices and Wind on Aviation Operations

Wednesday, 25 January 2017: 4:00 PM-5:30 PM
Conference Center: Skagit 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology
Cochairs:
Jason C. Knievel, NCAR, RAL, Boulder, CO and Scott Wiley, Tybrin/Jacobs, Inc., Edwards, CA

Papers:
4:15 PM
10.2
Clear Air Turbulence Caused by Storm Top Internal Gravity Wave Breaking Based on Satellite Data
Pao K. Wang, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Y. Cheng and S. Bachmeier
4:30 PM
10.3
Developing Aviation Turbulence Diagnostics based on Convectively Induced Gravity Wave Drag
Soo-Hyun Kim, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. Y. Chun, R. D. Sharman, and S. B. Trier

4:45 PM
10.4
Aircraft Wake Vortices in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Thomas Gerz, DLR, Wessling, Germany; and F. Holzäpfel and A. Stephan
5:00 PM
10.5A
Comparison of Potential Temperature Gradient Estimates from Various Temperature Profile Data Sources
Robert E Robins, Scientific Computing Associates, LLC, Seattle, WA; and K. H. Underwood and F. Y. Wang
Manuscript (5.3 MB)

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