"Thermals" by Rolf Hertenstein, Ph.D.
1. Imagine that a teenager becomes a full-time glider flight instructor. He
instructs full-time for ten years, logs thousands of hours, and earns his
Diamond Badge.
2. He earns a Ph.D. in Meteorology.
3. He becomes a research scientist, specializing in atmospheric turbulence, with
specific emphasis on thermal analysis, mountain wave analysis, and rotor
analysis.
4. He writes a superb book about thermals and convection that non-scientists can
understand.
The latest book in the Gliding Mentor series - "Thermals" by Rolf Hertenstein, Ph.D. - came about EXACTLY as described above.
Description from Bob Wander:
What's in it? Just about everything that you ever wanted to know about thermals.
From the rankest amateur, and up to and including the finest triple-diamond
cross-country pilot, you will find TONS of information about thermals,
soundings, thermal waves, and thermal prediction that you can USE to extend your
knowledge and your flight performances. In the five months that I spent editing
and illustrating this book, I learned LOTS of new things about thermals,
convection, the Skew-T, thermal prediction, numeric weather modeling, weather
resources on the Web, thunderstorms, and a host of other important topics in its
92 large-format 8.5 by 11-inch pages. And recently, I used what I learned from
this book to select the day to fly my Diamond Distance flight - 515 kilometers.
Fun!
Table of Contents
The Gliding Mentor Series
Author’s Notes
Introduction
1. What Are Thermals?
2. Structure & Stability of the Atmosphere
3. Using Soundings To Predict Thermal Soaring
4. Air Mass Types for Good Thermal Soaring
5. Cloud Streets
6. Thermal Waves
7. Thunderstorms
Epilogue
Appendix
92 pages. 8.5" x 11", 44 illustrations, perfect bound.
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Purchase today and you can return it in the original condition through Tuesday, September 13, 2022 ! See our return policy.
"Thermals" by Rolf Hertenstein, Ph.D.
1. Imagine that a teenager becomes a full-time glider flight instructor. He
instructs full-time for ten years, logs thousands of hours, and earns his
Diamond Badge.
2. He earns a Ph.D. in Meteorology.
3. He becomes a research scientist, specializing in atmospheric turbulence, with
specific emphasis on thermal analysis, mountain wave analysis, and rotor
analysis.
4. He writes a superb book about thermals and convection that non-scientists can
understand.
The latest book in the Gliding Mentor series - "Thermals" by Rolf Hertenstein, Ph.D. - came about EXACTLY as described above.
Description from Bob Wander:
What's in it? Just about everything that you ever wanted to know about thermals.
From the rankest amateur, and up to and including the finest triple-diamond
cross-country pilot, you will find TONS of information about thermals,
soundings, thermal waves, and thermal prediction that you can USE to extend your
knowledge and your flight performances. In the five months that I spent editing
and illustrating this book, I learned LOTS of new things about thermals,
convection, the Skew-T, thermal prediction, numeric weather modeling, weather
resources on the Web, thunderstorms, and a host of other important topics in its
92 large-format 8.5 by 11-inch pages. And recently, I used what I learned from
this book to select the day to fly my Diamond Distance flight - 515 kilometers.
Fun!
Table of Contents
The Gliding Mentor Series
Author’s Notes
Introduction
1. What Are Thermals?
2. Structure & Stability of the Atmosphere
3. Using Soundings To Predict Thermal Soaring
4. Air Mass Types for Good Thermal Soaring
5. Cloud Streets
6. Thermal Waves
7. Thunderstorms
Epilogue
Appendix
92 pages. 8.5" x 11", 44 illustrations, perfect bound.
If you find a better price elsewhere on this product we will match that price and beat it by 10% of the difference.
Purchase today and you can return it in the original condition through Tuesday, September 13, 2022 ! See our return policy.