Xf. Li et al., Analysis of coastal lee waves along the coast of Texas observed in advanced very high resolution radiometer images, J GEO RES-O, 106(C4), 2001, pp. 7017-7025
We examine a group of wave-like cloud patterns that occurred along the coas
t of Texas on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite a
dvanced very high resolution radiometer IR images taken on January 22, 1999
. These wave-like cloud patterns were interpreted to be signatures of a coa
stal lee wave packet on the basis of simultaneous field observations and th
eories developed by Zheng et al. [1998a]. The wave packet contains 13 waves
with crest lines generally parallel to the coastline. The lengths of leadi
ng wave crest lines are longer than 500 km. The average wavelength is 9.5 k
m, ranging from 6.2 to 14.7 km. The width of the horizontal distribution ba
nd of the wave packet is as wide as 113 km. This case represents the most e
nergetic coastal lee wave packet that has ever been reported.