{"id":25359,"date":"2019-11-13T18:03:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T07:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=25359"},"modified":"2019-11-13T18:03:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T07:03:49","slug":"satellite-captures-rarely-seen-atmospheric-gravity-wave-phenomenon-off-was-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=25359","title":{"rendered":"Satellite captures rarely-seen atmospheric gravity wave phenomenon off WA&#8217;s north"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"393\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gravity_Wave.jpg\" alt=\"Gravity Wave\" class=\"wp-image-25360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gravity_Wave.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Gravity_Wave-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><figcaption>Gravity Wave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Satellite images have captured a usually invisible phenomenon known as atmospheric gravity waves pulsing through clouds off Western Australia&#8217;s north-west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) senior meteorologist Adam Morgan said atmospheric gravity waves were basically ripples in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When you think of waves in the ocean, they&#8217;re a type of gravity wave,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When you throw a rock in a pond and you see the ripples flowing out, they&#8217;re gravity waves as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Essentially gravity waves are disturbances in any sort of fluid, so we see them often in water, but the atmosphere is a fluid as well \u2014 so any sort of disturbances in there can generate waves.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-23\/satellite-captures-rare-atmospheric-gravity-waves-off-wa-north\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-23\/satellite-captures-rare-atmospheric-gravity-waves-off-wa-north<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satellite images have captured a usually invisible phenomenon known as atmospheric gravity waves pulsing through clouds off Western Australia&#8217;s north-west. Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) senior meteorologist Adam Morgan said atmospheric gravity waves were basically ripples in the sky. &#8220;When you think of waves in the ocean, they&#8217;re a type of gravity wave,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=25359\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Satellite captures rarely-seen atmospheric gravity wave phenomenon off WA&#8217;s north&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25361,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25359\/revisions\/25361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}