Wispy, featherlike clouds off the coast of Chile appear to cover the Pacific Ocean in white fur in a newly released satellite photo. The natural-color image, taken May 21 by NASA's Aqua satellite ...

Cloud-watchers can talk all about the interesting shapes they've noticed over the years. They may have been gazing out the car window during a road trip, or tanning on the beach, or on a morning walk.

Understanding how the characteristics of cirrus clouds over the ocean evolve is critical for comprehending the dynamics of climate change. In this respect, ...

Clouds have many names. There are the most popular cumulus, cirrus and stratus clouds. Then, there are more obscure cloud names like Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds. Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds are also rare ...

If Cirrus are carried horizontally by winds moving at different speeds, ... Lenticular clouds form over mountains. ... The Kelvin-Helmholtz cloud resembles a breaking ocean wave.

Researchers studying the origin of cirrus clouds have found that these thin, wispy trails of ice crystals are formed primarily on dust particles and some unusual combinations of metal particles ...

Clouds are often not represented in climate models. ... “Cirrus clouds — high, ... fluffy clouds that often hover over the ocean on overcast days — reflect more sunlight, ...

"The maximum cirrus seeding potential would be achieved by removing all cirrus clouds," they write. "If cirrus thinning works, it should be preferred over methods that target changes in solar ...

This is about four times higher than the highest clouds we normally see, the wispy cirrus clouds. Because the air is so thin in this part of the atmosphere, it needs to be much colder than 32°F ...