A POWER SPECTRUM OF SURFACE WINDS

Open Access

1 April 1958

journal article
Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Meteorology

Vol. 15 (2), 180-183
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1958)015<0180:apsosw>2.0.co;2

Abstract

This paper presents a power spectrum of surface winds, developed as part of a study on flight control design. The spectrum, derived by a simple method of calculation, extends from 10⁻⁸ cps to 1 cps. Over much of this band it has the form af^−1.4.

Keywords

FLIGHT
POWER SPECTRUM
CPS
SURFACE WINDS
SIMPLE METHOD
SPECTRUM OF SURFACE
FORM AF
WINDS THIS PAPER

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