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Figure 17.8: Selected views of a Polar Low off the Norwegian Coast on February 15, 1989.
a) AVHRR image of this small weather system. b) Wind speed obtained from the SSM/I a few
hours later with low winds in the storm center and 24 m/s winds indicated in the southwest
quadrant. (High values near the Norwegian coast can be attributed to interference in the signals
by land.) c) Cloud liquid water content. After Claud et al. (1995) .
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Figure 17.8: Selected views of a Polar Low off the Norwegian Coast on February 15, 1989.
a) AVHRR image of this small weather system. b) Wind speed obtained from the SSM/I a few
hours later with low winds in the storm center and 24 m/s winds indicated in the southwest
quadrant. (High values near the Norwegian coast can be attributed to interference in the signals
by land.) c) Cloud liquid water content. After Claud et al. (1995) .