atmospheric turbulence
Unstable air currents
Atmospheric turbulence is irregular, chaotic motion in the air caused by temperature differences, wind shear, or obstacles like mountains.
Pilots encounter it as bumpy flight conditions: We hit some atmospheric turbulence over the Rockies.
For astronomers, it causes stars to twinkle and blurs telescope images.
- convectionHeat transfer via motion
- aviation safetyAccident prevention for aircraft
- anemometerInstrument measuring air velocity
- wind shearRapid atmospheric velocity shift
- rough airUnstable atmospheric flow
air pockets · bumpy ride · fasten seatbelts · eddies · Doppler radar · vortices · cloud formation · weather patterns · jet streams · weather balloons · flight delays · satellite imaging · Coriolis effect
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