Uploaded October 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In 1982, NCAR teamed up with the University of Chicago to conduct the Joint Airport Weather Studies Project, or JAWS. Researchers were studying microbursts, or small regions of intense outflows of air often associated with thunderstorms, in order to help improve aircraft safety. In this film, researchers work with a variety of instruments to collect data about microbursts. (NOTE: this film is silent)
©UCAR. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
In 1982, NCAR teamed up with the University of Chicago to conduct the Joint Airport Weather Studies Project, or JAWS. Researchers were studying microbursts, or small regions of intense outflows of air often associated with thunderstorms, in order to help improve aircraft safety. In this film, researchers work with a variety of instruments to collect data about microbursts. (NOTE: this film is silent)
©UCAR. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this video are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
