A cumulonimbus cloud over eastern Georgia photographed on August 9th, 2024. Marshall Shepherd. Even on quiet nights out for dinner with my wife, weather geekdom can find its way to the surface.

Cumulonimbus clouds. Towering, dense clouds with a flat, anvil-shaped top. Develops from cumulus clouds and can reach great heights, often associated with thunderstorms.

Clouds — from cumulus and cirrus to cumulonimbus — are a varied and complicated phenomenon. ... All this data will create the first complete picture of clouds from the perspective of a satellite.

The satellite's radar will pierce through the clouds to measure how much water they contain, and track their speed. Other instruments will measure shape and temperature.

Clouds – from cumulus and cirrus to cumulonimbus – are a varied and complicated phenomenon. Low-level cumulus clouds are known to cool the planet, while the cirrus clouds higher up act as a ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Technically called “cumulonimbus flammagenitus,” pyrocumulonimbus clouds are a rare weather phenomenon caused by intense heat. These towering clouds form when extreme heat ...

A rocket carrying a sophisticated satellite blasted off Tuesday from California on a mission to investigate what role clouds could play in the fight against climate change.

Paris questions if clouds will cool or warm our world. EarthCARE satellite, a joint mission by ESA and JAXA, will study cloud composition to update climate models, understand global warming ...

EarthCARE satellite to probe how clouds affect climate. Tuesday 28 May 2024 - 17:47pm. ... Clouds -- from cumulus and cirrus to cumulonimbus -- are a varied and complicated phenomenon.