Swirl of Clouds, over Lake Balkhash, Round, Photo

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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:: 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:: Clouds from Earth-Orbit, Clouds from Space, aerials, Meteorological, Meteorology, Climatology, Climate
Image by:: NASA
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