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- Code Number:
- UPCD01_023
- Title:
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Swirl of Clouds, over Lake Balkhash, eastern Kazakhstan, Round, Circle
- This circular swirl of clouds drifted over Lake Balkhash in eastern Kazakhstan. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA? Terra satellite acquired the image at roughly 12:05 local time (06:05 Universal Time) on May 22, 2018, and the MODIS on Aqua acquired a similar image roughly two hours later.
Cyclonic wind flow drew the clouds into the circular pattern, which had a radius of roughly 200 kilometers (100 miles)? small enough that meteorologists would classify it as a mesoscale feature. In contrast, synoptic scale features have horizontal lengths greater than 1,000 kilometers, while microscale features have widths less than 1 kilometer.
- Keywords:
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Clouds from Earth-Orbit, Clouds from Space, aerials, Meteorological, Meteorology, Climatology, Climate
- Image by:
- NASA
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- Code Number:
- UPCD01_023
- Title:
-
Swirl of Clouds, over Lake Balkhash, eastern Kazakhstan, Round, Circle
- This circular swirl of clouds drifted over Lake Balkhash in eastern Kazakhstan. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA? Terra satellite acquired the image at roughly 12:05 local time (06:05 Universal Time) on May 22, 2018, and the MODIS on Aqua acquired a similar image roughly two hours later.
Cyclonic wind flow drew the clouds into the circular pattern, which had a radius of roughly 200 kilometers (100 miles)? small enough that meteorologists would classify it as a mesoscale feature. In contrast, synoptic scale features have horizontal lengths greater than 1,000 kilometers, while microscale features have widths less than 1 kilometer.
- Keywords:
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Clouds from Earth-Orbit, Clouds from Space, aerials, Meteorological, Meteorology, Climatology, Climate
- Image by:
- NASA
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