Cirrus clouds play a key role in Earth's radiative balance and climate. This study uses radar and lidar data from A-Train satellites, combined with the Identification and Classification of Cirrus ...

Airplanes form invisible ice clouds that trap heat. Study explains why contrails matter and how aviation warming has been ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — New research provides insights into how cirrus clouds form, with implications for agriculture, urban development and climate-change predictions. The study shows that trees and ...

Researchers at the Institute for Meteorology at Leipzig University have, for the first time, determined the climatic impact ...

With Michigan's changeable weather, residents get to see a lot of different cloud formations — fluffy cumulus, wispy cirrus and dark, threatening cumulonimbus — and recognizing what weather each type ...

The atmosphere is full of tiny particles floating invisible to the naked eye, yet these microscopic specks wield extraordinary power over our planet's climate system. From desert dust swept thousands ...

Satellite observations of tropical maritime convection indicate an afternoon maximum in anvil cloud fraction that cannot be explained by the diurnal cycle of deep convection peaking at night. We use ...

The study identifies how cirrus clouds differ based on formation mechanisms. Convective cirrus, common in tropical regions, exhibit the highest ice water content (IWC) and largest ice crystals, with ...