Water Vapour Vortices

• Cloud Structure In Satellite Images
• Meteorological Physical Background
• Key Parameters
• Typical Appearance In Vertical Cross Sections
• Weather Events
• References

References

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• WELDON R.B. and HOLMES S.J. (1991): Water Vapor Imagery. Interpretation and applications to weather analysis and forecasting. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 57.