A small airplane was used to measure vertical accelerations due to atmospheric turbulence around an airport surrounded by large buildings, trees, and other objects. The vertical and lateral extent and the intensity of turbulence in the wake of buildings and at other locations around the airport were measured. Results are presented which indicate that the vertical accelerations of the airplane are related to gust intensities measured by conventional anemometers, and that reasonable forecasts of atmospheric turbulence which an airplane could expect to encounter near an airport surrounded by buildings, etc. may be made from wind data appropriately measured and analyzed. (Author)


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    Title :

    Low-Altitude Atmospheric Turbulence Around an Airport


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    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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