Mesoscale Applications of High Resolution Imagery

摘要

Analysis of two mesoscale phenomena, a dry slot in stratocumulus over the eastern North Pacific (June 1985) and an enhanced-V cloud formation over the Gulf of Mexico (April 1984) is performed using very-high resolution photographs taken from the Space Transportation System (STS) 41-C and 51-G missions. Collocated meteorological satellite imagery (GOES, NOAA AVHRR, DMSP) and conventional meteorological data are utilized with the shuttle photography to better understand the microscale and mesoscale features of these two events.