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Tip Jet diagram compiled using NOAA's QuikSCAT satellite data.

Tip Jet diagram compiled using NOAA's QuikSCAT satellite data.
Tip Jet diagram compiled using NOAA's QuikSCAT satellite data.
Tip Jet diagram compiled using NOAA's QuikSCAT satellite data.
Tip Jet diagram compiled using NOAA's QuikSCAT satellite data.
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Våge, Kjetil
Tip Jet diagram compiled using NOAA's QuikSCAT satellite data.
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05/14/2020
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 47, No. 2, Pg. 9:
Using NOAA’s QuikSCAT satellite, MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Kjetil Våge compiled this image of a tip jet—a sporadic atmospheric jet stream characterized by fierce winds—on Dec. 5, 2002. Color indicates wind speeds in meters per second; arrows indicate wind direction.
Courtesty of Kjetil Våge
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