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The question which Prof. McAdie raises in his letter in NATURE of April 12 is how to measure the tin. steadiness of the air as it affects an aeroplane. Among those connected with flying the term bumpiness is used to express the unsteadiness of the air as it affects an aeroplane, and, in the absence of a better word, this may be used here. The problem is, then, to measure the bumpiness of the air by meteorological means.
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DOBSON, G. Aeroplanes and Atmospheric Gustiness. Nature 99, 164 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/099164b0
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