clear-air turbulence
noun
: sudden severe turbulence occurring in cloudless regions that causes violent jarring or buffeting of aircraft
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Instances of moderate or more violent clear-air turbulence have increased by 37% over the north Atlantic Ocean over the last 40 years, according to a 2023 study analyzing data from 1979 to 2020.
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Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
There have been several incidents of severe turbulence disrupting flights recently, including last year when actor Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves experienced severe clear-air turbulence on a Lufthansa flight from Austin, Texas, to Frankfurt, Germany.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
At high altitudes, planes can run into clear-air turbulence, which is dangerously invisible to the eye and to radars, often striking with no warning.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 2 July 2024
The two primary kinds of turbulence are clear-air turbulence and convective turbulence, the turbulence that occurs in, say, thunderstorms or in big clouds, big lines of clouds.
—Abc News, ABC News, 22 May 2024
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Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
There have been several incidents of severe turbulence disrupting flights recently, including last year when actor Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves experienced severe clear-air turbulence on a Lufthansa flight from Austin, Texas, to Frankfurt, Germany.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 Dec. 2024
At high altitudes, planes can run into clear-air turbulence, which is dangerously invisible to the eye and to radars, often striking with no warning.
—Koh Ewe, TIME, 2 July 2024
The two primary kinds of turbulence are clear-air turbulence and convective turbulence, the turbulence that occurs in, say, thunderstorms or in big clouds, big lines of clouds.
—Abc News, ABC News, 22 May 2024
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“Clear-air turbulence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clear-air%20turbulence. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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