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Title
Cirrus Shields in Thunderstorms
Alternative Title
Cirrusschirme bei Gewittern
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License
No Open Access License:
German copyright law applies. This film may be used for your own use but it may not be distributed via the internet or passed on to external parties.
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IWF SignatureC 1357
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Language
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Producer
Production Year1979

Technical Metadata

IWF Technical DataFilm, 16 mm, LT, 68 m ; F, 6 1/2 min

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Abstract
German
German
Die Konvektion bei Wärmegewittern führt zum Aufsteigen der Wolke mit Ausbildung eines Cirrusschirmes: "overshooting top", Amboßformen und Windscherung. Erläuterung im Trickfilm und ausführliche Interpretation charakteristischer Zeitrafferaufnahmen geostationärer Wettersatelliten im sichtbaren und infraroten Spektralbereich.
English
English
Convection during thunderstorms caused by heat leads to an ascension of the clouds with the formation of a cirrus shield, an overshooting top; ambos forms result from wind shearing. Explanations in an animated movie and an extensive interpretation of characteristic time-lapse shots made by geostationary weather satellites in the visible and infrared light spectra.
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German
German
English
English
IWF Classification
German
German
English
English