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Coastal Lee Waves

wave Caption:
NOAA-14 AVHRR IR imager received at 0933 UT on January 22, 1999. Alternactive dark-bright cloud patters along the coast are interpreted to be signatures of coastal Lee waves, and compared with theory and buoy measurements.

Reference:
Li, X., Q. Zheng, W.G. Pichel, X.-H. Yan, W.T. Liu, and P. Clemente-Colon, 2001: Analysis of coastal Lee waves along the coast of Texas observed in AVHRR image, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 7017-7025.



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