Ship tracks in the East Pacific, and eddy circulations near the California coast
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GOES-17 (GOES-West) “Red” Visible (0.64 µm) and Shortwave Infrared (3.9 µm) images (above) showed a number of ship condensation trails (or “ship tracks”) over the East Pacific Ocean on 24 April 2019. Aerosols from the exhaust of ships cause a “cloud seeding effect”, which results in a higher concentration of smaller cloud droplets... Read More