Originally Posted by
langleybaston
A very good friend of mine earned a good OBE pioneering the integration of such reports into modelling and then redistributing the results to aviation.
CAT is another beast: two aircraft close in time and space can have two very different experiences: the Met Research Flight Snoopy Hercules apparently spent time and effort CAT hunting.
CAT is like one fish in a shoal in a sea.
Will you thank your friend for his visionary work, even Clear Air Turbulence is not as difficult to predict now.