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Lee Wave Clouds

Lee Wave Clouds is a type of orographic cloud formation that occurs when stable air flows over mountainous terrain, generating standing gravity waves in the lee side of the obstacle, where clouds form at the wave crests due to adiabatic cooling in the rising limb of the wave.

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Orographic Wave Clouds

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Martian clouds observed by Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera

HUIQUN WANG, Andrew P. Ingersoll · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2002 · 165 citations

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Atmospheric Lee Waves

M. G. Wurtele, Robert Sharman, Ashis Datta · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1996 · 135 citations

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Mariner Observations of the Mars North Polar Hood

G. A. Briggs, Conway Β. Leovy · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 1974 · 120 citations

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Observations, Simulations, and Analysis of Nonstationary Trapped Lee Waves

F. Martin Ralph, Paul J. Neiman, Teddie L. Keller et al. · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1997 · 96 citations

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Ice nucleation characteristics of an isolated wave cloud

Richard Cotton, Paul R. Field · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 2002 · 78 citations

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Authors

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  1. XL
    Xiaofeng Li

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    3 publications · 110 citations

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  2. WG
    William G. Pichel

    NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, United States

    3 publications · 110 citations

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  3. DJ
    Daniel J. Kirshbaum

    McGill University, Canada

    3 publications · 147 citations

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  4. PJ
    Paul J. Neiman

    NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 109 citations

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  5. PC
    P. Clemente‐Colón

    NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, United States

    2 publications · 72 citations

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Institutions

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  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    398 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    14 publications

    404 citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    243 citations

  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    118 citations

  5. United States Naval Research Laboratory

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    87 citations

  6. NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service

    Silver Spring, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    250 citations

  7. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    453 citations

  8. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    Pasadena, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    142 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    7 publications · 314 citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 308 citations

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  4. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

    4 publications · 62 citations

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  5. Monthly Weather Review

    3 publications · 80 citations

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