Transverse banding: a satellite signature of potential turbulence
AWIPS images of the GOES-12 10.7 µm IR channel (above) revealed 2 separate periods where packets of “transverse banding” (thin, banded cloud elements oriented perpendicular to the ambient flow) were forming over parts of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia on 07 March 2008. These transverse bands were located at high altitudes along the... Read More