The compact, slow-moving, moisture-rich pools sometimes drift west over the East African coast, bringing rain to that semi-arid area.
" The winds that carry these things ashore are so tantalizingly, delicately near zero [wind speed], that everything could affect them," says one of the researchers, atmospheric scientist Brian Maps, from the University of Miami.
" That's when you need to know, do they self-propel, or are they driven by some very much larger-scale wind patterns that may change with climate change."
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By contrast to rain-bearing "atmospheric rivers" of vapor, which are contiguous from source to the coastline at an instant, scientists call these disconnected and drifting water bodies "atmospheric lakes".
Their dynamics resemble those of a well-studied theoretical and simulation paradigm for tropical disturbances called "self-aggregation".
Against this to rain-bearing “atmospheric rivers” of vapor, that are contiguous from supply to the shoreline at an instantaneous, scientists name these disconnected and drifting water in our bodies “atmospheric lakes”.
Their dynamics resemble these of a well-studied theoretical and simulation paradigm for tropical disturbances referred to as “self-aggregation”.
Whereas that space’s rainfall climatology is properly studied on month-to-month foundation, these vapor-mediated “storms” could have been missed as conventional meteorology tends to focus extra on wind-field options and ‘disturbances’ because the long-lived entities of climate.
“It is a spot that is dry on common, so when these [atmospheric lakes] occur, they’re absolutely very consequential,” says Mapes.
“I sit up for studying extra native data about them, on this space with a venerable and interesting nautical historical past the place observant sailors coined the phrase monsoon for wind patterns, and absolutely observed these occasional rainstorms, too.”
While that area's rainfall climatology is well studied in a monthly basis, these vapor-mediated "storms" may have been missed as traditional meteorology tends to focus more on wind-field features and 'disturbances' as the long-lived entities of weather.
" It's a place that's dry on average, so when these [atmospheric lakes] happen, they're surely very consequential," says Maps.
" I look forward to learning more local knowledge about them, in this area with a venerable and fascinating nautical history where observant sailors coined the word monsoon for wind patterns, and surely noticed these occasional rainstorms, too."The compact, slow-moving, moisture-rich pools sometimes drift west over the East African coast, bringing rain to that semi-arid area.
" The winds that carry these things ashore are so tantalizingly, delicately near zero [wind speed], that everything could affect them," says one of the researchers, atmospheric scientist Brian Maps, from the University of Miami.
" That's when you need to know, do they self-propel, or are they driven by some very much larger-scale wind patterns that may change with climate change."
Also see | Fires, floods, flying insects: Climate-fuelled disasters that wreaked havoc across the world.
By contrast to rain-bearing "atmospheric rivers" of vapor, which are contiguous from source to the coastline at an instant, scientists call these disconnected and drifting water bodies "atmospheric lakes".
Their dynamics resemble those of a well-studied theoretical and simulation paradigm for tropical disturbances called "self-aggregation".
Against this to rain-bearing “atmospheric rivers” of vapor, that are contiguous from supply to the shoreline at an instantaneous, scientists name these disconnected and drifting water in our bodies “atmospheric lakes”.
Their dynamics resemble these of a well-studied theoretical and simulation paradigm for tropical disturbances referred to as “self-aggregation”.
Whereas that space’s rainfall climatology is properly studied on month-to-month foundation, these vapor-mediated “storms” could have been missed as conventional meteorology tends to focus extra on wind-field options and ‘disturbances’ because the long-lived entities of climate.
“It is a spot that is dry on common, so when these [atmospheric lakes] occur, they’re absolutely very consequential,” says Mapes.
“I sit up for studying extra native data about them, on this space with a venerable and interesting nautical historical past the place observant sailors coined the phrase monsoon for wind patterns, and absolutely observed these occasional rainstorms, too.”
While that area's rainfall climatology is well studied in a monthly basis, these vapor-mediated "storms" may have been missed as traditional meteorology tends to focus more on wind-field features and 'disturbances' as the long-lived entities of weather.
" It's a place that's dry on average, so when these [atmospheric lakes] happen, they're surely very consequential," says Maps.
" I look forward to learning more local knowledge about them, in this area with a venerable and fascinating nautical history where observant sailors coined the word monsoon for wind patterns, and surely noticed these occasional rainstorms, too."
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