NEW METHOD OF PREDICTING CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE COULD MAKE AIRLINE FLIGHTS SMOOTHER IN FUTURE, ACCORDING TO JUST-PUBLISHED RESEARCH
October 01, 2008
October 01, 2008
ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 1 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:
It comes blasting out of the blue on your airplane flight: sudden bumpiness and sometimes even a violent plummeting. It arrives without warning, and it can be more than frightening, since it causes tens of millions of dollars in injury claims every year.
It's called clear air turbulence, and a new forecasting method, published today in the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences and led . . .
It comes blasting out of the blue on your airplane flight: sudden bumpiness and sometimes even a violent plummeting. It arrives without warning, and it can be more than frightening, since it causes tens of millions of dollars in injury claims every year.
It's called clear air turbulence, and a new forecasting method, published today in the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences and led . . .