Atmospheric Kelvin–Helmholtz billows captured by the MU radar, lidars and a fish-eye camera

Atmospheric Kelvin–Helmholtz billows captured by the MU radar, lidars and a fish-eye camera

Abstract On June 11, 2015, a train of large-amplitude Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) billows was monitored by the Middle and Upper Atmosphere (MU) radar (Shigaraki MU Observatory, Japan) at the altitude of ~ 6.5 km. Four to five KH billows in formation and decay stages were observed for about 20 min at the h...

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Main Authors: Hubert Luce, Lakshmi Kantha, Masanori Yabuki, Hiroyuki Hashiguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-10-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
Subjects:
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
Turbulence
Kelvin–Helmholtz billows
Wind shear
Kinetic energy dissipation rate
MU radar
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-018-0935-0

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