Observations and Simulations of a Breaking Mountain Wave Associated with an Aircraft Accident Induced by Clear-Air Turbulence

F. M. Ralph, P. J. Neiman, D. Levinson (CIRES), W. D. Hall (NCAR), T. L. Clark (NCAR), A. Marroquin (CIRA), S. G. Benjamin

How was the turbulence related to mountain waves?

Figure 10. Cross section showing turbulence reports between 39.5 and 40.3°N on 9 December 1992. The hour of each report is labelled. Those shown as solid occurred within 2 h of the accident. Most of the severe turbulence occurred near the tropopause and wave breaking levels.

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