[doorgunner69]

a physics professor specializing in atmospheric turbulence at the University of Western Ontario, said that breaking "gravity waves" were a more likely culprit.

Cough, cough. And this guy has tenure?

Let me guess, he is on board with man made global warming as well?

[TexasGator]

You have a problem?

[This_far]

Gravity has always been my first consideration in any plane disturbance, especially crashes.

I’ve only crashed once, fortunately, I was still on the ground.

[dr_lew]

"In the Earth's atmosphere, gravity waves are a mechanism for the transfer of momentum from the troposphere to the stratosphere. Gravity waves are generated in the troposphere by frontal systems or by airflow over mountains. At first, waves propagate through the atmosphere without appreciable change in mean velocity. But as the waves reach more rarefied (thin) air at higher altitudes, their amplitude increases, and nonlinear effects cause the waves to break, transferring their momentum to the mean flow."

- Gravity Wave at Wikipedia.

So ... C'mon man !

And I have to add ... I knew this! ( Well, mostly. )

[this_ol_patriot]

Better check this out, yeah I know, I know I learned something too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_wave

[Flick Lives]

Gravity waves?! And this prof found them? Call the Nobel committee.

[Bulwyf]

He’s an idiot and not using any real terminology. I think he made that up on the spot.