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Science 25 May 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4395, pp. 832 - 835
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4395.832
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Stratospheric Wave Spectra Resembling Turbulence

EDMOND M. DEWAN 1

1 Aeronomy Division, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Massachusetts 01731

Pollution effects on ozone raise the question of the significance of turbulence in vertical transport in the stratosphere. The aircraft in situ measurements of velocity fluctuations previously employed to estimate turbulence transport were, it is hypothesized, due to atmospheric waves, despite their classical turbulence spectrum. This new hypothesis implies that previous turbulence estimates are invalid. Experimental tests are suggested.

Submitted on October 16, 1978
Revised on March 27, 1979


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