Convection over the Arctic polynya
by Mikhail Varentsov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Aerial photo of the polynya in the White sea of the Arctic ocean, formed due tidal currents, which remains unfreezing even in the strongest frosts. In a such frosty weather the beautiful convective boundary layer is developed over the warm water.
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- Europe (3704)
- Eastern Europe (446)
- Russian Federation (220)
- Exact location (33.0771 E, 66.5560 N)
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- ice (130)
- fog (25)
- sea (40)
- arctic (83)
- winter (32)
- frozen (14)
- convection (4)
- layer (1)
- boudary (1)
- white sea (2)
- convective (1)
- sea-air interaction (1)
- floating (1)
- polynya (1)
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3093 × 1740 px;
image/jpeg; 3.8 MB
Camera:
Dji FC6310
Software: Adobe Lightroom
Taken on 3
February
2018
Submitted on 15 February 2018
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0)
Credit
Mikhail Varentsov (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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