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contributor authorLevine, J.
contributor authorGarstang, M.
contributor authorLaSeur, N. E.
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:28:26Z
date available2017-06-09T17:28:26Z
date copyright1973/08/01
date issued1973
identifier issn0021-8952
identifier otherams-8591.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4229411
description abstractA 3-hr flight of a constant-volume balloon which is entrained into a cumulus congestus cloud and lifted to an altitude of nearly 3 km provides an opportunity to determine the trajectory and vertical velocity of the balloon and, in turn, relate these to the circulation of the cloud. Simultaneous supplementary observations by radar, cameras, satellite, and other ground based instruments provide the meteorological context for the event. Computations show that the vertical velocities of the cloud may approach 10 m sec?1, and sustained upward velocities of 3?5 m sec?1 are maintained for considerable periods of time and height. Comparison with a ?jet? model shows remarkable agreement, while the ?bubble? model would require unreasonably large values of the radius to generate the observed vertical velocities.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleA Measurement of the Velocity Field of a Cumulus Cloud
typeJournal Paper
journal volume12
journal issue5
journal titleJournal of Applied Meteorology
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0450(1973)012<0841:AMOTVF>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage841
journal lastpage846
treeJournal of Applied Meteorology:;1973:;volume( 012 ):;issue: 005
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