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Science 11 October 1968:
Vol. 162. no. 3850, p. 270
DOI: 10.1126/science.162.3850.270
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Clear-Air Turbulence and Sporadic E Activity

A. Ronald McKay 1

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Utah State University, Logan 84321

Pilots' reports of clear-air turbulence correlate inferentially with sporadic E activity observed by backscatter radar. A cursory survey was made of 19 reports of turbulence between 1 and 20 August 1964 over the western United States; all but three correlate with sporadic E patches.

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