Some statistics of thermals observed by a powered sailplane

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

Keywords:

Meteorology, Atmospheric physics, Training

Abstract

Considering their importance to soaring, and also to meteorologists, thermals have been studied suprisingly little in the atmosphere....  Because there are so many possible factors affecting the structure of thermals, a statistical approach needs a large number of cases....

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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2018-01-08

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