昆士蘭州 Burketown與諾曼頓之間的晨輝。]]
晨輝(morning glory)是一種罕見的氣象現象,是一種雲形成一種長達數十公里的條形狀(Morning Glory cloud,又被称为阵晨风云)的現象。目前只在世界少數地方曾出現過,但當中以在澳大利亞東北部、卡奔塔利亞灣以東的約克角半島出現的最為著名,被譽為「全世界最美麗的破曉景色」。氣象學家估計是由於在半島兩側的氣流令晨輝出現,這亦使當地成為了唯一可以定期預知晨輝出現時間的地點。此外,在加拿大東北部的新斯科舍也有出現過。
參考資料
- Menhofer A, Smith RK, Reeder MJ, Christie DR (1997) “Morning-Glory” Disturbances and the Environment in which They Propagate. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 54, No. 13 pp. 1712–1725
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- http://www.meteo.physik.uni-muenchen.de/~roger/Tropics/Tropclds-o.htm regarding Tropical cloud lines
- [http://www.morninggloryaustralia.com morninggloryaustralia.com] Meteorological information, photos and video of the Morning Glory Cloud.
- [http://www.dropbears.com/brough/index.html DropBears.com] on the Morning Glory phenomenon, with aerial photos of the cloud.
- [http://www.williamolive.com hang glider soaring] hang gliding on the Morning Glory phenomenon, with aerial photos and videos of the cloud.
- [http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/august2003/default.htm ABC Australia] with images of soaring the Morning Glory.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060825170813/http://www.cloudappreciationsociety.org/a/glory/glory1.html Cloud Appreciation Society] Article on the Morning Glory, images, and video.
- [http://www.greenhorsesociety.com/Clouds/Glory.htm Sable Island Green Horse Society] Sable Island Soliton in the afternoon of 13 June 2003 - The same formation as a classic Gulf Morning Glory Cloud
- [http://www.greenhorsesociety.com/Clouds/sable_glory_2.htm Sable Island Green Horse Society] More photos of the Sable Island Soliton
- [http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/morninggloryclouds/ Wired.com Wired Science blog post about the clouds.]
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