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The Use of DFDR Information in the Analysis of a Turbulence Incident over Greenland

Peter F. LesterDepartment of Meteorology, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

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Orhan SenDepartment of Meteorology, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

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R. E. Bach Jr.NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

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Print Publication:
01 May 1989
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1989)117<1103:TUODII>2.0.CO;2
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1103–1107
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Abstract

Digital flight data recorder (DFDR) tapes from commercial aircraft can provide useful information about the mesoscale environment of severe turbulence incidents. Air motion computations from these data and their errors are briefly described. An example of mesoscale meteorological information available from DFDR tapes is presented for a case of turbulence in mountain waves over the Greenland icecap.

Abstract

Digital flight data recorder (DFDR) tapes from commercial aircraft can provide useful information about the mesoscale environment of severe turbulence incidents. Air motion computations from these data and their errors are briefly described. An example of mesoscale meteorological information available from DFDR tapes is presented for a case of turbulence in mountain waves over the Greenland icecap.

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