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Original Articles

Energy dissipation near the tropopause

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Pages 355-358 | Received 19 Aug 1968, Accepted 10 Oct 1968, Published online: 15 Dec 2016
 

Abstract

It is shown from clear-air turbulence spectra measurements and clear-air turbulence probabilities that the energy dissipation between 25,000 and 40,000 ft is just over 1 watt m−2, a quantity of the same order as the dissipation near the ground.