News tagged with atmospheric turbulence
AOptix Technologies and NuCrypt demonstrate physical-layer quantum encryption
Dec 14, 2009 |
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AOptix Technologies, a leading edge developer of ultra-high bandwidth laser communication solutions, and NuCrypt, a provider of technology for ultra-high security over optical communication networks, disclosed today the recent ...
Astronomers find coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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The search for the best observatory site in the world has lead to the discovery of what is thought to be the coldest, driest, calmest place on Earth. No human is thought to have ever been there but it is expected to yield ...
LLNL signs agreement with Siemens to improve wind energy efficiency
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy Inc. to provide high-resolution atmospheric modeling capabilities to improve the efficiency of wind farm sites, turbine design and wind farm ...
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Air travelers, astronomers stand to benefit from research on atmospheric turbulence
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Anyone who frequently travels by airplane has likely experienced clear-air turbulence. It's the kind of jarring turbulence that can quickly turn a smooth flight into a bumpy ride, often causing aircraft to drop anywhere from ...
Scientists launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Clemson University space physicists have traveled around the world to launch rockets to test atmospheric conditions.
NASA Research to Help Aircraft Avoid Ocean Storms, Turbulence
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is funding the development of a prototype system to provide aircraft with updates about severe storms and turbulence as they fly across remote ocean regions.
New system helps aircraft avoid turbulence
Sep 06, 2007 |
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A new turbulence detection system now being tested is successfully alerting pilots to patches of rough air as they fly through clouds. The system, designed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) ...
New aircraft to study severe turbulence
Mar 02, 2006 |
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The nation's newest and most advanced research aircraft is taking part in its first major mission: studying severe atmospheric turbulence.
NASA wants to smooth bumpy plane rides
Jul 20, 2005 |
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Most airline passengers and even flight crews don't like turbulence, so NASA researchers have developed an automatic turbulence reporting system.
Method of predicting clear air turbulence could make flights smoother in the future
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2008 |
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It comes blasting out of the blue on your airplane flight: sudden bumpiness and sometimes even a violent plummeting. It arrives without warning, and it can be more than frightening, since it causes tens of millions of dollars ...
Pilots may get help in avoiding turbulence
Feb 15, 2006 |
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A University of Alabama-Huntsville study of data from weather satellites may soon help pilots avoid turbulence caused by convective thunderstorms.
Weir in space and dimmed sun creates 200-million-mile-long lab bench for turbulence research
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Physicists working in space plasmas have made clever use of the Ulysses spacecraft and the solar minimum to create a massive virtual lab bench to provide a unique test for the science underlying turbulent ...
Yale group to study atmospheric 'tsunamis'
Jan 26, 2006 |
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Yale researchers have recently received funding from the National Science Foundation to observe, describe and explain severe atmospheric turbulence over mountains, and the effect of "gravity waves" on the stratosphere.
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