The height of the level of maximum wind as a function of the heights of the tropopause and the 300-mb surface
Authors
Brown, Donald Nelson
Subjects
Advisors
Renon, Robert J.
Date of Issue
1960
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Language
en_US
Abstract
A need for more knowledge of meteorological parameters in
the region 30,000 to 45,000 feet has come about in recent years
as a result of rapidly growing jet aircraft operations. This
paper discusses one of these parameters, the height of the
level of maximum winds, which affords considerable aid to the
flight planner in his selection of preferred flight altitudes
and routes. The deviations of the level of maximum winds from
the tropopause are discussed and graphically shown, indicating
that the latter is not a satisfactory first approximation to
height of the former. This fact gives rise to the development
of a series of simple and multiple regression equations for
determining the height of the level of maximum winds as a
function of both the tropopause and the 300-millibar heights.
Professor Robert J. Renard of the U. S. Naval Postgraduate
School has been the guiding force behind this investigation.
For his time and effort, the writer is deeply
indebted.
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Meteorology and Oceanography