News tagged with cloud pattern

What caused a giant arrow-shaped cloud on Saturn's moon Titan?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does Titan, Saturn's largest moon, have what looks like an enormous white arrow about the size of Texas on its surface?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (20) | comments 36 | with audio podcast

Deforestation reduces rainfall in Africa

Deforestation in the rainforests of West Africa reduces rainfall over the rest of the forest, according to new University of Leeds research published in Geophysical Research Letters.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Scientists study of thunderstorm impacts on upper atmosphere

Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and other organizations are targeting thunderstorms in Alabama, Colorado, and Oklahoma this spring to discover what happens when clouds suck ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

How ammonia affects city's air

(PhysOrg.com) -- Motor vehicles and industry are primary producers of ammonia in Houston's atmosphere, and cars and trucks appear to boost their output during the winter, according to a new study by researchers at Rice University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brightening clouds: Atmospheric scientists evaluate a technique for reflecting more sunlight back to space

(PhysOrg.com) -- What happens when tiny seawater particles are intentionally injected into low clouds over the ocean? To answer this question, scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the National ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Time for a rain dance? Research finds 'cloud seeding' doesn't produce rain

In many areas of the world, including California's Mojave Desert, rain is a precious and rare resource. To encourage rainfall, scientists use "cloud seeding," a weather modification process designed to increase precipitation ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang on to Summer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Changes in weather patterns creating more severe storms

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Kansas State University climate expert attributes the increase in the number and severity of tornadoes and severe storms in 2011 to a change in weather patterns.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Earth from space: Irene's eye

This week we look at two images taken simultaneously with different Envisat sensors of Hurricane Irene, which struck the US east coast last week.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eat, prey, rain

What do a herd of gazelles and a fluffy mass of clouds have in common? A mathematical formula that describes the population dynamics of such prey animals as gazelles and their predators has been used to model the relationship ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's infrared satellite sees warmer cloud tops in Tropical Storm Marty

Marty is struggling to hold onto tropical storm status, and things are just going to get worse for him, as he moves into an area with stronger wind shear. Infrared satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer-simulated Thunderstorms with Ice Clouds Reveal Insights for Next-generation Computer Models

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer simulations of thunderstorms using data from a field campaign in Australia confirm that the "ice-phase" cloud processes in climate models contribute most to the wide discrepancy between ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0