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Science 2 September 1966:
Vol. 153. no. 3740, pp. 1110 - 1112
DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3740.1110
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Tropopause Detected by Radar

David Atlas 1, Kenneth R. Hardy 1, Kenneth M. Glover 1, Isadore Katz 2, and Thomas G. Konrad 2

1 Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Bedford, Massachusetts
2 Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

The tropopause has been detected by ultrasensitive, narrow-beam, microwave (10.7-centimeter) and ultrahigh-frequency (71.5-cm) radars. Its reflectivity is consistent with that expected theoretically for a refractively turbulent medium. Indications are that the layer is also mechanically turbulent, and that electromagnetic scatter techniques may be used to detect high-altitude clear-air turbulence.


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Clear-Air Turbulence: Simultaneous Observations by Radar and Aircraft.
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