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Several years ago, it was established by the work of P. W. Kadlec of Eastern Airlines (Project TRAPCAT, Ref. 1), that clear air turbulence was frequently associated with steep horizontal temperature gradients in the atmosphere. Barnes Engineering Company had some time previously developed infrared instruments for measuring free air temperature from aircraft, and we had just completed, under contract to the Weather Bureau, the development of a Satellite Infrared Spectrometer (SIRS) for atmospheric temperature probing from space. Consequently, it occurred to us that these techniques might be adapted for the remote detection of clear air turbulence.
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Kadlec, P. W. (Feb. 1966). Exploration of the relation-ship between atmospheric temperature change and CAT, ION and SAE Conference on CAT, Washington, D. C.
Mather, G. K. (May 1967). Flight evaluation of an infrared spectrometer as a CAT detector, National Research Council of Canada, Nat. Aero. Establishment Ottawa Aeronautical Report LR477.
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Astheimer, R.W. (1969). The Remote Detection of Clear Air Turbulence by Infrared Radiation. In: Pao, YH., Goldburg, A. (eds) Clear Air Turbulence and Its Detection. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5615-6_24
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