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

Figure 5. Platteville 404-MHz wind profiler observations of the approach of the strong upper-level jet (isotachs, m/s), and a persistent wind speed minimum (bold, dashed) associated with mountain wave effects.

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