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What Are Cirrus Clouds?
Did you know that cirrus clouds form very high in the sky? They form above the height at which most airplanes fly. Learn more in What Are Cirrus Clouds?, a title in the All about Clouds series.
Cirrus
Cirrus clouds are high, thin, tropospheric clouds composed predominately of ice. In the last ten years, considerable work has shown that cirrus is widespread--more common than previously believed--and has a significant impact on climate and global change. As the next generation weather satellites are being designed, the impact of cirrus on remote sensing and the global energy budget must be recognized and accommodated. This book, the first to be devoted entirely to cirrus clouds, captures the state of knowledge of cirrus and serves as a practical handbook as well. Each chapter is based on an invited review talk presented at Cirrus, a meeting hosted by the Optical Society of America and co-sp...
Cirrus Particle Distribution Study
Cirrus particle distribution data are presented for a flight that was made by the AFGL instrumented MC-130E aircraft near Denver, Colorado on 29 October 1977. The data were gathered in support of an Air Force Weapons Laboratory project. The report briefly describes some previous cirrus research and also outlines the basic cloud physics instrumentation aboard the aircraft, particularly the PMS 1-D and 2-D spectrometer equipment. Data averages are given for consecutive 30-sec periods during a 27-min flight through varying thicknesses of cirrus clouds. Besides tabular data, graphs are presented that show the temporal variations of liquid water content and particle concentration as a function of size. The 2-D data indicated most of the cirrus particles were not recognizable according to any standard classification system, although many were bullet rosettes. (Author).
Clouds and Weather Phenomena
First published in 1943, this second edition explains certain natural phenomena visible in the skies.
A Study of Cirriform Clouds Over Eleven USSR Stations
The frequency, top and base heights, thickness, and liquid water content of cirriform clouds over 11 stations in the USSR are presented by months and by seasons and summarized for the 12-month period. Comparison is also made with aircraft observations of cirriform clouds over the European part of the USSR.
Optically Thin Cirrus Clouds Over Oceans and Possible Impact on Sea Surface Temperature of Warm Pool in Western Pacific
Over the convectively active tropical ocean regions, the measurement made from space in the IR and visible spectrum have revealed the presence of optically thin cirrus clouds, which are quite transparent in the visible and nearly opaque in the IR. The Nimbus-4 IR Interferometer Spectrometer (IRIS), which has a field of view (FOV) of approximately 100 km, was utilized to examine the IR optical characteristics of these cirrus clouds. From the IRIS data, it was observed that these optically thin cirrus clouds prevail extensively over the warm pool region of the equatorial western Pacific, surrounding Indonesia. It is found that the seasonal cloud cover caused by these thin cirrus clouds exceeds...
