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Lenticular clouds over South Georgia

Lenticular clouds over South Georgia

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Andrew Moss

University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Lenticular clouds over the mountainous island of South Georgia in the southern ocean. These clouds are formed as a result of perturbations in temperature due to gravity waves, which are generated as the strong winds of the southern ocean collide with the island's high mountains. This picture was taken during a fieldwork campaign on the island in January 2015, using radiosondes to measure these waves in the troposphere and lower stratosphere.

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Atmospheric Sciences European Geosciences Union

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wind clouds atmosphere waves gravity waves lenticular high mountains southern ocean fieldwork south georgia radiosonde stratosphere troposphere

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Credit: Andrew Moss (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 2.4 MB Width 3000 px Height 4000 px Aspect 3:4 Brand Canon Model PowerShot SX260 HS Exposure 34 mm f/5.6 1/1250 s ISO 100 Taken 19 January 2015 Coordinates -54.2836, -36.4951 Tint Brilliant blue Submitted 29 February 2016

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