The AGM creates a "zig-zag" wind shear profile (Wood and Emmitt, 1990, 1991). This shear profile allows the effects of wind shear to be considered at any level in the atmosphere. A very general sub-pulse scale turbulence due to wind shear is included. Using von Karman (-5/3) turbulence spectra for wind shear ( Rhyne, et al., 1976), the AGM integrates the spectra over the pulse length scale, which is multiplied by an estimated total wind shear turbulence that is proportional to the "zig-zag" shear.
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