Abstract: In order to cover a wide range of horizontal dimensions of airflow, the author proposes a series of five scales, maso, meso, miso (to be read as my-so), moso and muso arranged in the order of the vowels, A, E, 1, O, U. The ...

Abstract: The Teton-Yellowstone Tornado, rated F4, crossed the Continental Divide at 3070 m, leaving behind a damage swath 39.2-km long and 2.5-km wide. A detailed damage analysis by using stereo-pair and color photos revealed the ...

Abstract: Two aircraft accidents in 1975, one at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on 24 June and the other at Stapleton International Airport in Denver on 7 August, were examined In detail. A third accident on ...

Abstract: 27 PAM (Portable Automated Mesonet) stations were operated between 19 May and 1 July 1978 during the operational phase of Project NIMROD (Northern Illinois Meteorological Research On Downburst), collecting ?1 000 000 records ...

Abstract: The effects of obstructions on winds measured by the 30 station FLOWS (FAA-Lincoln Laboratory Operational Weather Studies) mesonet and the 6 station FAA LLWAS (Low Level Wind Shear Alèrt System) near Memphis, TN in 1985 ...

Abstract: A series of destructive windstorms on 16 July 1980 in a 50 km (30 mi) wide zone from Chicago to Detroit was surveyed both from the air and the ground. In spite of the initial suspicion of 10?20 tornadoes in the area, the ...

Abstract: Meteorological conditions leading to the crash of an airliner short of the runway of a New York airport were studied. Thunderstorm downdrafts much stronger than those measured on the 1946?47 Thunderstorm Project were found. ...

Abstract: The Joint Airport Weather Studies (JAWS) Project will investigate the microburst event, having 2?10 km spatial and 2?10 min temporal scales, at Denver's Stapleton International Airport during the summer of 1982. JAWS ...

Abstract: Velocities of tracer clouds have been computed by NOAA, NASA, Stanford Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, University of Chicago, and others. Despite the fact that their methods and inherent computation speeds are ...