Deformation zone cloud system

From Glossary of Meteorology



deformation zone cloud system

Clouds within a deformation zone in the wind field.

These clouds undergo elongation in one direction and contraction in the perpendicular direction. Often clouds evaporate on one side of the elongation axis producing a smooth cloud boundary.


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