Cirrus and cirrocumulus clouds are needed for fallstreak clouds to form and those are more common in Florida during winter ...

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 ...

Contrails form when hot, moist jet exhaust condenses and freezes into ice crystals upon entering the cold upper atmosphere.

Cirrus clouds are the most common of the high clouds. They are composed of ice and are thin, wispy clouds blown in high winds into long streamers. Cirrus clouds are usually white and predict fair to ...

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 plants play an important ...

The radiative climate and environmental effects of cirrus clouds is an international cutting-edge field of scientific research in the atmospheric sciences. Understanding how the characteristics of ...

FARGO — Cirrus clouds are the clouds with feathery tails. In fact, they are sometimes called mare's tail clouds. They are very high clouds, usually 20,000 to 30,000 feet above the ground, where the ...

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 ...

Question: What is the difference between a cloud higher or lower in the sky? What are stratus and cirrus clouds? — Jayden Wilkins Answer: Stratus clouds are smooth clouds that usually occur in the ...

There are 10 main cloud types, including the fluffy-looking cumulus clouds seen here. Take a look at the sky on any given day and you’ll likely see clouds of different shapes — some look like cotton ...

As part of the Paris Agreement in 2015, nearly 200 world leaders agreed to curb greenhouse gas emissions and strive to keep temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in order to ...

When's the last time you went cloud-gazing? Sinking, rising, spreading, changing—there’s always something exciting happening to the clouds overhead. The big puffy ones—what are they called? And the ...