Phys.org  December 16, 2021 Researchers at the University of Miami will present a new meteorological phenomenon called “atmospheric lakes,” at the 2021 AGU meeting. Atmospheric lakes start as filaments of water vapor in the Indo-Pacific. They begin as water vapor streams that flow from the western side of the South Asian monsoon and pinch off to become their own measurable, isolated objects. They then float along ocean and coastal regions at the equatorial line in areas where the average wind speed is around zero. They researchers used five years of satellite data to spot 17 atmospheric lakes lasting longer than […]