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Archive: Mon Apr 2011

Shear Instabilities over the Gulf of Alaska

Water vapor imagery from Monday 4 April 2011 over the Gulf of Alaska shows the development of what appears to be Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, an instability that occurs in regions of strong shear. In this case, the shear zone occurs within a gradient of moisture along the edge of a polar... Read More