Abstract: Statistical structure functions are used to evaluate sounding data from the 6?7 March day of the 1982 AVE/VAS Ground Truth Field Experiment. Functional analyses are performed for five observation times starting at 1200 GMT ...

Abstract: Structure and correlation functions are used to describe atmospheric variability during the 10?11 April day of AVE?SESAME 1979 that coincided with the Red River Valley tornado outbreak. The special mesoscale rawinsonde ...

Abstract: A technique is presented for generating convective tendency products by combining satellite images with observations of cloud-to-ground lightning activity. Rapid scan (5-min) infrared satellite images are used to define ...

Abstract: Television photos of smoke plumes an analyzed to estimate meridional wind shear on the space shuttle Challenger associated with the accident of Mission 51-L. Gust velocities were obtained by detailed examination of the ...