Learning on ScreenCirrus Shields in Thunderstorms
- Synopsis
- Convection during thunderstorms caused by heat leads to an ascension of the clouds with the formation of a cirrus shield, an overshooting top; anvil forms result from wind shearing. Explanations using animation and a detailed interpretation of characteristic time-lapse shots made by geostationary weather satellites in the visible and infrared light spectra.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 7 min.
- Year of production
- 1979
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Uses
- Undergraduate courses in basic meteorology.*
- Subjects
- Physics
- Keywords
- clouds; meteorology; thunderstorms
Credits
- Writer
- C Zick; F J Ossing
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
- http://bufvc.ac.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
- The Learning on Screen distribution library is currently only available in part. Please contact us with any individual queries. The two series of InterUniversity History Film Consortium films which make extensive use of archive footage been digitised for free, online viewing by UK HE institutions - see Learning on Screen InterUniversity History Film Consortium Films (qv).
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