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Increased light, moderate, and severe clear-air turbulence in response to climate change [1]

Anthropogenic climate change is expected to strengthen the vertical wind shears at aircraft cruising altitudes within the atmospheric jet streams. Such a strengthening would increase the prevalence of the shear instabilities that generate clear-air turbulence. Climate modelling studies have indicated that the amount of moderate-or-greater clear-air turbulence on transatlantic flight routes in winter will increase significantly in future as the climate changes. However, the individual responses of light, moderate, and severe clear-air turbulence have not previously been studied, despite their importance for aircraft operations. Here, we use climate model simulations to analyse the transatlantic wintertime clear-air turbulence response to climate change in five aviation-relevant turbulence strength categories.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
08/08/2017
Paul D. Williams [3]
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences [4]
34
5
576–586
Tags:
Air Transport [5], Climate Change [6], Climate Impacts [7], Climate Science [8], Atmosphere [9]
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[2] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-017-6268-2
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/paul-d-williams-0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/advances-atmospheric-sciences
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-transport
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/atmosphere