Forecasting techniques of clear-air turbulence including that associated with mountain waves

By: Contributor(s): Series: Technical note (World Meteorological Organization) ; no. 155 ; | WMO (Series) ; no. 482 ; Geneva : World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 1977Content type:
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Forward -- Summary -- Ch.1 Operational significance of clear-air turbulence (CAT) and operational accuracy required for aeronautical purposes -- Ch.2 Description and causes of CAT -- Ch.3 The forecast problem -- CAT associated with mountain waves -- CAT associated with cold advection in an upper trough near jet-stream core -- CAT associated with an upper-level ridge -- CAT associated with surface cyclogenesis -- CAT associated with confluent jet-stream cores -- CAT associated with the formation of an upper-level low -- CAT associated with the shear-line in the "throat" of an upper-level cut-off low -- CAT associated with the formation of a difluent upper-flow pattern -- CAT associated with a short-wave or shearing trough to the north of a quasi-stationary jet-stream core -- CAT associated with a strong wind maximum to the rear of an upper trough -- CAT associated with close isotherm packing at the 300 mb level in the tropics -- Stratospheric CAT -- Computer forecasts of CAT -- Ch.4 Conclusion -- References.
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Forward -- Summary -- Ch.1 Operational significance of clear-air turbulence (CAT) and operational accuracy required for aeronautical purposes -- Ch.2 Description and causes of CAT -- Ch.3 The forecast problem -- CAT associated with mountain waves -- CAT associated with cold advection in an upper trough near jet-stream core -- CAT associated with an upper-level ridge -- CAT associated with surface cyclogenesis -- CAT associated with confluent jet-stream cores -- CAT associated with the formation of an upper-level low -- CAT associated with the shear-line in the "throat" of an upper-level cut-off low -- CAT associated with the formation of a difluent upper-flow pattern -- CAT associated with a short-wave or shearing trough to the north of a quasi-stationary jet-stream core -- CAT associated with a strong wind maximum to the rear of an upper trough -- CAT associated with close isotherm packing at the 300 mb level in the tropics -- Stratospheric CAT -- Computer forecasts of CAT -- Ch.4 Conclusion -- References.

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