Moazagotl

Lenticular cloud Moazagotl

The Moazagotl is an orographic lenticular cloud formed by the Foehn wind Lee wave on the northern (lee) side of the Giant Mountains in Silesia, a region part of Germany when discovered in 1933 by two German glider pilots, Hans Deutschmann and Wolf Hirth.

The name of the seemingly stationary cloud is thought to be derived from the name of a shepherd, Gottlieb Matz, literally the Matz family Gottlieb, who was known for describing them.[1]

The Schneider Moazagotl sailplane of 1933 was named for this type of cloud. The name has sometimes been misspelled Moazagoatl, but its spelling does not include a third 'a;' the term refers to the cloud, rather than the wind that forms it.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Moazagotl Wolken (Moazagotl clouds)". www.am.rlp.de (in German). Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Moazagotl". Weather Online. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
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