{"id":16395,"date":"2014-08-08T23:59:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T23:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/?p=16395"},"modified":"2014-08-10T07:18:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T07:18:50","slug":"stratospheric-intrusion-vortices-over-the-east-pacific-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/16395","title":{"rendered":"Stratospheric intrusion vortices over the East Pacific Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/08\/140807-08_goes15_water_vapor_vortices_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/08\/140807-08-G15_WV_VORTICES_107.GIF\" alt=\"GOES-15 6.5 \u00b5m water vapor channel images (click to play animation)\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES-15 6.5 \u00b5m water vapor channel images (click to play animation)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>GOES-15 6.5 \u00b5m water vapor channel images <em><strong>(above; click image to play animation; also available as an <a title=\"MP4 movie file\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/08\/140807-08_goes15_water_vapor_vortices_anim.mp4\">MP4 movie file<\/a>)<\/strong><\/em> showed the development of a train of stratospheric intrusion vortices over the East Pacific Ocean during the 07 August &#8211; 08 August 2014 period. These vortices formed along a middle to upper tropospheric <a title=\"wind shear axis\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/08\/140808_00z_wv_shear.gif\"><strong>wind shear axis<\/strong><\/a>, and propagated toward the northeast.<\/p>\n<p>The corresponding GOES sounder <a title=\"GOES sounder Total Column Ozone product\" href=\"http:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/goes\/rt\/viewdata.php?product=o3_us\"><strong>Total Column Ozone<\/strong><\/a> product<em><strong> (below; click image to play animation)<\/strong><\/em> revealed ozone values as high as 375 Dobson Units <em>(lighter green color enhancement)<\/em> within the more well-defined stratospheric intrusion vortices, due to the fact that ozone-rich stratospheric air was descending as the tropopause heights were lowered within the cyclonic vortex circulations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/08\/140807-08_goes_sounder_ozone_anim.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2014\/08\/snoz_ligmdmba.14221.0000.gif\" alt=\"GOES sounder Total Column Ozone product (click to play animation)\" width=\"480\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GOES sounder Total Column Ozone product (click to play animation)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other examples of stratospheric intrusion vortices can be found <a title=\"stratospheric intrusion vortices\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/4241\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, <a title=\"stratospheric intrusion vortices\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/8128\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, <a title=\"stratospheric intrusion vortices\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/178\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, and <a title=\"stratospheric intrusion vortices\" href=\"https:\/\/cimss.ssec.wisc.edu\/satellite-blog\/archives\/15260\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOES-15 6.5 \u00b5m water vapor channel images (above; click image to play animation; also available as an MP4 movie file) showed the development of a train of stratospheric intrusion vortices over the East Pacific Ocean during the 07 August &#8211; 08 August 2014 period. 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