The mystery of striated cloud heads in satellite imagery

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Dixon, R S ^a   Browning, K A ^a   Shutts, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud heads; Cloud striations; Cyclogenesis; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042454738     PISSN: 1530261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/asle.2000.0001     Document Type: Article

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