after their discovery of Kelvin-Helmholtz instability. The two had studied the physics - the fluid dynamic, in particular - behind the atmospheric instability that creates unique clouds.

The rare wave-shaped clouds, known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability waves were spotted and photographed by Rachel Gordon, who later shared the picture on Facebook. A picture of magnificent cloud ...

Oceanography, Vol. 25, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE ON Internal Waves (JUNE 2012), pp. 140-149 (10 pages) ABSTRACTKelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability, characterized by the distinctive finite-amplitude billows ...

The wave clouds were crafted by a phenomenon known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, which occurs as a result of differences in air density in adjacent layers of the sky. Moisture and strong winds ...

it will most likely be close to sunset or sunrise when the atmosphere has the best potential for a temperature inversion.Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds show instability and turbulence in the atmosphere.

Indeed, these types of clouds get their name from two 19th century physicists, Lord Kelvin of Britain and Hermann von Helmholtz of Germany, who studied the physics of "instability of a shear layer ...

Anne Wilkie posted on X. What she saw was a Kelvin-Helmholtz wave cloud, named after Hermann von Helmholtz, who discovered the atmospheric instability that leads to this phenomenon. These waves in ...

There are several reasons for this, but a new study shows that the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability may be the cause. While the word is a mouthful understanding it is intuitive. A Kelvin-Helmholtz ...