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Clear-air turbulence

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by tochatihu, Sep 15, 2017.

  1. tochatihu

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    Commercial pilots know to avoid frisky clouds, and often have on-board radar to supplement radio information. Clear-air turbulence has been harder to detect, and often makes the news because passengers hate to keep seatbelts on (even loosely).

    LIDAR could help with this, and Boeing is on it:

    Boeing Tests a Lidar Laser System for Turbulence Detection | WIRED

    Wired's title is clickbaity, but apparently that's what eyeballs want.
     
    #1 tochatihu, Sep 15, 2017
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