Terrain-Induced Turbulence over Lantau Island from the Lantex Field Experiment

Lantau Island, Hong Kong, is the site of the Chek Lap Kok airport. Researchers from the Lantex field experiment collected data on terrain-induced turbulence in 1994, capturing the passage of tropical storm Russ. The Clark-Hall model was used to visualize this data.

Use Cases

• Modeling terrain-induced turbulence patterns based on field experiment data
• Analyzing the impact of tropical storms on airport operations based on the 1994 Russ event
• Validating atmospheric models like Clark-Hall against real-world turbulence observations
• Studying wind flow interactions with complex island topography

Strengths

• Data is associated with a specific, documented field experiment (Lantex).
• Captures a real-world meteorological event (tropical storm Russ).
• Visualizations were produced using a named atmospheric model (Clark-Hall).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS, via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Field data collection during the Lantex experiment, processed with the Clark-Hall model.

Time Range

1994 (specific event: tropical storm Russ).

Freshness

Data collection occurred in 1994; temporal coverage is a single event.

Geography

Lantau Island, Hong Kong, specifically the Chek Lap Kok airport site.