Cloud Streets (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Cloud Streets

Caption

Cloud streets -- long rows of cumulus clouds oriented parallel to the direction of the wind -- are an everyday example of natural turbulent convection.

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MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC

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