Kelvin Helmholtz instabilities at the tropopause
by Peter Hoor
The image was taken during a scientific flight with the german research aircraft HALO during the WISE mission (wave-driven isentropic exchange) in September 2017 over Ireland. The characteristic cloud pattern indicates the occurrence of turbulence in the tropopause region above a so-called warm conveyor belt which transports air masses from low altitudes up to 10km altitude.
Taken on 28
September
2017
Submitted on 15 February 2018
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- Europe (3130)
- Western Europe (619)
- Germany (213)
- Exact location (-7.3786 W, 55.2238 N)
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Credit: Peter Hoor (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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