SOARING BIRDS OF MT. EVEREST

Authors

  • Edward (Ward) Hindman The City College of the City University of New York

Keywords:

Meteorology, Aerodynamics

Abstract

Mountaineering literature on the Mt. Everest region of the Himalaya mountains of Nepal and Tibet occasionally contains observations of soaring birds.This paper describes the soaring birds observed in the Everest region and estimates the choughs gliding characteristics. It is shown that the birds most likely soared to the extreme altitudes in the airflows caused by Everest. The choughs appear to be the surrogate soaring "pilots" of Everest.

Author Biography

Edward (Ward) Hindman, The City College of the City University of New York

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

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Vol. 18 No. 1 (1994)

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