Flight Track (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Flight Track

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The flight track from July 17, shows the NSF NCAR Gulfstream G-V plane winding its way from California to Hawaii along pre-determined waypoints. The distance by which those airmasses transport in two days is calculated, and then the same airmasses resampled during the flight from Hawaii to California. The changes in cloud properties that typify the transition, from small completely overcast cells, to larger closed cells, to more broken clouds, are clearly visible in the satellite image.

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