air turbulence

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air turbulence [′er ¦tər·byə·ləns]

(meteorology)

Highly irregular atmospheric motion characterized by rapid changes in wind speed and direction and by the presence, usually, of up and down currents.

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No references found			Air turbulence and strong winds often don't show up strongly, even in areas of pervasive radar coverage, and the ITCZ is not one of those areas. Thunderstorms may have spelled doom for Air France Flight 447 by Asian News International It is called clear air turbulence (CAT), and a new forecasting method could help pilots chart variable courses around these patches of rough but clear air that can turn an otherwise unremarkable flight into a nightmare, maintains McCann Aviation Weather Research, Inc. Searching for cause of clear air turbulence by USA Today (Magazine) Qantas and air safety investigators said it was too early to speculate on what triggered the plunge, but Qantas's Perth regional manager Ian Gay said investigators would look at clear air turbulence as a possible cause. Plane passengers tell of horror plunge by AFP / AFP Asian Edition			air strike air strip air stripping Air Support air surveillance air surveillance radar air survey air sweetening air switch air system air tap air taxi air temperature Air Terminal air terminal unit air test air thermometer air tight air toxics air traffic air traffic control Air Transport air transportation air trap Air Treatment air turbulence air valve air vane air vehicle Air Vent air ventilation air vessel air void air volcano air wall air warfare air washer air wedge air well air, law of the air-acetylene welding air-actuated air-arc furnace air-assist forming air-atomizing oil burner air-bend die air-blower noise air-blown asphalt air-blown mortar air-bound Air-Break Switch			Air Travel Card Air Travel Card Acquirer Network air travel disease air travel disease air travel disease Air Travel Information System Air Travel Insolvency Protection Advisory Committee Air Travel Organiser's Licence Air Travel Organisers' Licensing Air Travel Price Index Air Travel Shopping Engine air traveler Air Travelers Association air traveller Air Travellers Security Charge Air Treatment air trooping Air trunk Air turbine Air turbine air turbine handpiece air turbine handpiece air turbine handpiece air turbine handpiece Air Turbine Motor Air Turbine Starter Air Turbo Ramjet Air Turbo Ramjet Air Turbo Ramjet Air Turbo Rocket air turbulence Air Turn Back air unit Air University Air University Associate-to-Baccalaureate Cooperative Air University Center for Aerospace Doctrine, Research, & Education Air University Library Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals Air University Television Air Valve Air Valve Air Valve Air Valve Secondary air vane Air Vanuatu Air Vanuatu Limited Air Variant Air vehicle Air vehicle Air Vehicle Avionics Air Vehicle Configuration Control Board Air Vehicle Control System Air Vehicle Diagnostic System Air Vehicle Handler Air Vehicle Modification and Instrumentation Air Vehicle Operator Air Vehicle Standard Interface Air Vehicle Structural Model

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