LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Cirrus clouds are thin, wispy, high-level clouds that resemble cotton candy threads. While ice crystals make up cirrus clouds, some of the driest and hottest parts of our ...

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 ...

FARGO — Cirrus clouds are the clouds with feathery tails. They are very high clouds, usually 20,000 to 30,000 feet above the ground, where the temperature is well below freezing. Even in summer, these ...

Dust from windswept deserts and plains plays an outsized part in the formation of thin, wispy clouds around the globe 1. Existing research suggests that winds carry 1–4 billion tonnes of mineral-dust ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cirrus cloud formation in the northern hemisphere is primarily triggered by mineral dust, according to global-scale dust observations and a cirrus formation model. In the image dust aerosol reddens ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 110, No. 51 (December 17, 2013), pp. 20414-20419 (6 pages) The cycling of atmospheric aerosols through clouds can ...

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 ...

The 10 basic cloud types are classified by height (high, mid, low) and predict different weather patterns. Cloud names incorporate roots like cirro, strato, cumulo, nimbo, or alto, based on their ...