Clear Air Turbulence: An Airborne Alert System

Clear Air Turbulence: An Airborne Alert System

An infrared radiometer system has been developed that can alert a pilot of an aircraft 2 to 9 minutes in advance of an encounter with clear air turbulence. The time between the warning and the clear air turbulence event varies with the flight altitude of the aircraft. In turbulence-free areas, the i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1981-08, Vol.213 (4511), p.1007-1008
Hauptverfasser: Stearns, L. P., Kuhn, P. M., Kurkowski, R. L., Caracena, F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aircraft
Alarms
Altitude
Atmospheric turbulence
Clear air turbulence
Clouds
False alarms
Innovations
Pilot guides
Plants
Radiometers
Safety and security measures
Sulfur dioxide
Warnings
Water vapor
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Zusammenfassung:An infrared radiometer system has been developed that can alert a pilot of an aircraft 2 to 9 minutes in advance of an encounter with clear air turbulence. The time between the warning and the clear air turbulence event varies with the flight altitude of the aircraft. In turbulence-free areas, the incidence of false alarms is found to be less than one in 3.4 hours of flight time compared to less than one per 10 hours of flight time in areas with turbulence.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.213.4511.1007