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A train of cloud heads associated with multiple cold fronts
Author(s) -
Smart D. J.,
Browning K. A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/wea.2809
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , hazard , cloud computing , library science , operating system , chemistry , organic chemistry
Satellite images of a North Atlantic extratropical cyclone in the early stages of rapid cyclogenesis are presented. A simple interpretation of the imagery is suggested with the aid of a brief analysis of output from a Numerical Weather Prediction model. The analysis indicates the presence of a number of cold fronts beneath an overrunning tropopause depression. These micro-cold fronts evolve in conjunction with multiple baroclinic leaves which subsequently go on to form cloud heads.