Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4450789 | Atmospheric Research | 2010 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
We identify certain features atop some thunderstorms observed by meteorological satellites as ship wave-like. A few examples of satellite visible images are shown and the ship wave signature patterns in them are identified and discussed. The presence of ship wave signatures implies the existence of a dynamical mechanism in the storm that behaves like an obstacle to the ambient flow. We use a numerical storm model simulation to show that this mechanism is due to the strong updraft and divergence in the upper part of the storm.
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Authors
Pao K. Wang, Shih-Hao Su, Martin Setvak, Hsinmu Lin, Robert M. Rabin,