Environmental Engineering Reference
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Plate 6.3
An infra-red waveband image of the cloud patterns
on 27 February 2001 at 06.00 GMT. The enhanced cloudy
zone of the equatorial trough, slightly north of the equator, is
clearly seen, though it does not form a continuous feature. To
the south over Australia and the south-west Pacific are two
mature tropical cyclones and one in the process of formation.
The warmer, lower clouds of the subtropical north and south
Pacific Ocean appear with a greyer tone. The spiral of cloud
south of Tasmania is part of the southern hemisphere
westerly belt with clouds spiralling in the opposite direction
to those of the northern hemisphere.
Image: courtesy of the NERC Satellite Station, University of
Dundee.
