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1982•Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyOpen access

The Joint Airport Weather Studies Project

John McCarthy, James W. Wilson, Tetsuya Theodore. Fujita

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The Joint Airport Weather Studies (JAWS) Project will investigate the microburst event, having 2–10 km spatial and 2–10 min temporal scales, at Denver's Stapleton International Airport during the summer of 1982. JAWS applications and technology transfer objectives include: broadening the data base; providing data for real-time detection of thunderstorm hazards for dissemination to the public and avaiation communities; examining aircraft performance in wind shear; providing a real-time test for display software; identifying which scales of atmospheric motion are pertinent to applied objectives; providing a test of optimal Doppler radar placement suitable for metropolitan and airport terminal coverage; and describing in more detail the microburst hazard.

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The Joint Airport Weather Studies (JAWS) Project will investigate the microburst event, having 2–10 km spatial and 2–10 min temporal scales, at Denver's Stapleton International Airport during the summer of 1982. JAWS applications and technology transfer objectives include: broadening the data base; providing data for real-time detection of thunderstorm hazards for dissemination to the public and avaiation communities; examining aircraft performance in wind shear; providing a real-time test for display software; identifying which scales of atmospheric motion are pertinent to applied objectives; providing a test of optimal Doppler radar placement suitable for metropolitan and airport terminal coverage; and describing in more detail the microburst hazard.

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The Joint Airport Weather Studies (JAWS) Project will investigate the microburst event, having 2–10 km spatial and 2–10 min temporal scales, at Denver's Stapleton International Airport during the summer of 1982. JAWS applications and technology transfer objectives include: broadening the data base; providing data for real-time detection of thunderstorm hazards for dissemination to the public and avaiation communities; examining aircraft performance in wind shear; providing a real-time test for display software; identifying which scales of atmospheric motion are pertinent to applied objectives; providing a test of optimal Doppler radar placement suitable for metropolitan and airport terminal coverage; and describing in more detail the microburst hazard.

Key concepts: Microburst, Thunderstorm, Weather radar, Meteorology, Radar, Wind shear, Environmental science, Doppler radar

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