Is Clear Air Turbulence related to gas/air bubbles?
Was watching a very interesting program on the Science Channel for National Geographic. The program itself was about the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle, in particular the disapperance of 5 Navy Avengers in 1945 and a 500ft freighter in 1963. The program mentioned that there is a very large methane gas field off the coast of Florida, so large in fact, that it could power all of the United States for 70 years. This methane field is helped out by what are called seeps or vents in the earth's crust that vent gas into the
ocean. They examined in quite remarkable detail how a large escape of gas at one time would create a bubble or bubbles that could swamp or sink a large ship and could explain the significance of "Rogue Waves". They did tests on a 900ft replica freighter and it was sunk in 3 seconds with a resulting wave of 120ft high. This could explain how ships have for years
simply vanished into "holes in the ocean" with no explanation. Now, there have been several incidents lately of Clear Air Turbulence and while the captains dont like to use the term, each has mentioned it was like the airplane hit a "hole in the air". The National Geographic show also did a test on the effects of the gas bubbles after release from the ocean, on a 737 replicating the flight path of the lost Navy flyers. The results were quite similiar to the descriptions of what happened to the planes involved in Clear Air Turbulence. My theory is this, they proved that Methane or Air is less dense than the surrounding atmosphere. Is it possible that Clear Air Turbulence is simply the release of a huge amount of gas from underneath the Earth and/or oceans??? It has to rise somewhere, but how high is a question. Wouldn't be great if the infa-red satellites could be used to scope the oceans for noticeable rises in temperature, which might signify a huge
release of gas or air from underground vents, which then could be passed onto ships and aircraft in the area to be aware of rogue waves and the possibility of CAT???? It seems to me there could be a lot of scientific investigation that could corrolate the build up of methane within the planet and its release and the dangers that occur from it.