Comparison between turbulence eddy dissipation rates retrieved by wind profiler radar and in situ radiosondes

Abstract

Because atmospheric turbulence sometimes causes serious problems for aircraft operations, so it is necessary to detect and bypass turbulence. However, turbulence is difficult to detect by the in situ radiosonde observations or by a wind profiler radar (WPR) network such as WINDAS of Japan Meteorological Agency because of the temporal resolution and available altitude data are inadequate. Therefore, information from the Pilot Weather Report (PIREP) has been