A shearline investigation with an instrumented glider

Authors

  • J. Milford The City College of the City University of New York
  • J. Simpson

Keywords:

Meteorology, Atmospheric physics

Abstract

A line of low level wind shear was investigated in an instrumented glider during the afternoon of 11 September 1971...in southern England....  A marked frontal convergergence developed with a slope of about 30 degrees and a line of ascending air with a mean vertical velocity of more then 1 m/s was measured over a 10 km run.

Author Biography

J. Milford, The City College of the City University of New York

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

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2017-12-19

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