First Observational Perspectives of “Millipede Clouds” Over the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Abstract The fundamental features of one kind of rarely known stratocumulus, which was termed as “Millipede Cloud,” occurred over the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2017 were first documented by using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery. These clouds had long and meande...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	G. Fu, Z.‐S. Wang, X.‐Y. Zhang, W.‐K. Sun, P.‐Y. Li, R.‐Y. Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-12-01
Subjects:	millipede clouds Eastern Pacific Ocean stratocumulus satellite imagery cloud tops vertical structures
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106265