A theory of thermal soaring

Authors

  • Betsy Woodward The City College of the City University of New York

Keywords:

Meteorology, Atmospheric physics

Abstract

Glider pilots and meteorologists have for years concerned themselves with vertical currents. Perhaps the most complicated of these, and the least understood, are convection currents. Following the useage of glider pilots these are now generally known as thermals.

Author Biography

Betsy Woodward, The City College of the City University of New York

http://www.sci.ccny.cuny.edu/~hindman/sumvitae.pdf

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Published

2017-08-09

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