Gravity waves in cirrus clouds

by Konstantinos Kourtidis, Demokritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Cirrus clouds with almost equally spaced features, due to a gravity wave train. Wind direction is verical to the cloud lines.

Submitted on 10 June 2010

3072 × 2304 px; image/jpeg; 2.2 MB
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8

Credit: Konstantinos Kourtidis (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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