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Vortex cloud street

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-010058

A regular pattern of parallel cloud bands that form downwind of an obstacle, such as an island or mountain. These clouds develop in the updraft regions of a series of alternating vortices shed from the obstacle. They are a visible manifestation of a Kármán vortex street in the atmosphere.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-010058
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-010058",
  "term": "Vortex cloud street",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A regular pattern of parallel cloud bands that form downwind of an obstacle, such as an island or mountain. These clouds develop in the updraft regions of a series of alternating vortices shed from the obstacle. They are a visible manifestation of a Kármán vortex street in the atmosphere.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/vortex-cloud-street/"
}

Record 10,356 of 10,816 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.