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Understanding vertical motions in clouds is essential for improving weather and climate models but remains challenging due to limited observations. The newly launched EarthCARE satellite with a ...

Jackson, R., J. R. French, D. C. Leon, D. M. Plummer, S. Lasher-Trapp, A. M. Blyth, and A. Korolev, 2018: Observations of the microphysical evolution of convective ...

A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will make it easier to collect information about dynamic cloud systems. Called CloudCube, this new instrument ...

Ground-based and satellite observations in the United States show that increased pollen concentrations in spring lead to more cloud ice and more precipitation—even at temperatures between minus 15 and ...

Clouds need two essential ingredients to form, and both must be present simultaneously for the process to begin. There are two ingredients needed for clouds to form: water and nuclei. The first ...

The prediction of climate has been a long-standing problem in contemporary science. One of the reasons stems from a gap in the ability to obtain 3D mapping of clouds, especially shallow scattered ...

Atmospheric aerosol particles are essential for the formation of clouds and precipitation, thereby influencing the Earth's energy budget, water cycle, and climate. However, the origin of aerosol ...

Miriam Freedman (left), professor of chemistry at Penn State, and Heidi Busse, a graduate student at Penn State, studied the freezing activity of four different types of microplastics to see how they ...

One of the key findings was that less than three per cent of cloud droplets larger than seven micrometres contain black ...

Much of what we know about detailed cloud properties such as cloud hydrometeor size, shape, phase, and concentration, are derived from in situ measurements made on board instrumented aircraft. However ...

Pollen not only plays a role in allergies, but also influences the local weather. Especially in spring, when large amounts are released, it contributes to the formation of ice in clouds, which can ...