Coherent Set (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

Coherent Set (2 of 2)

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These two images show that the most "coherent set," the most nondispersive transport time from Sept. 1 to Sept. 14, is in fact the vortex itself over this domain -- demonstrating that the new technique very accurately pinpoints the polar vortex at specific times.

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