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PleaseFastenYourSeatbeltsSevereturbulence(湍流)cankillaircraftpassengers.Now,intestflightsovertheRockyMountains,NASA(美国航空航天局)engineershavesuccessfullydetectedclear-airturbulenceupto10secondsbeforeanaircrafthitsit.
Clear-airturbulenceoftencatchespilotsbysurprise.Invisibletoradar,itisdifficulttoforecastandcanhurl(用力抛出去)passengersaboutthecabin.InDecember1997,onepassengerdiedandahundredotherswereinjuredwhenunexpectedroughaircausedaUnitedAirlinesflightoverthePacifictodrop300metresinafewseconds.
However,passengerscanavoidseriousinjurybyfasteningtheirseatbelts.“Itistheonlyantidote(对策)forthissortofthings,”saysRodBogue,projectmanageratNASA’sDrydenFlightResearchCenterinEdwards,California.
Thecentre’snewturbulencedetectorisbasedonlidar,orlaserradar,Laserpulsesaresentaheadoftheplaneandthesearethenreflectedbackbyparticlesintheair.ThetechniquedependsontheDopplereffect.Thewavelengthofthelightshiftsaccordingtothespeedatwhichtheparticlesareapproaching.Incalmair,thespeedequalstheplane’sairspeed.Butastheparticlesswirl(打漩)inroughair,theirspeedofapproachincreasesordecreasesrapidly.Therateofchangeinspeedcorrespondstotheseverity(激烈程度)oftheturbulence.
Inaseriesofteststhatbeganlastmonth,aresearchjetflewrepeatedlyintodisturbedairoverthemountainridges(山脉)nearPueblo,Colorado.Thelidardetectorspottedturbulencebetween3and8kilometresahead,anditsforecastsofstrengthanddurationcorrespondedclo
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