A growing body of research indicates that smoke above clouds can have important consequences for the climate.
Published May 11, 2016
Satellite instruments such as CALIPSO can measure the distribution of aerosols in a vertical slice of the atmosphere, as with this dust plume off the west coast of Africa on April 22, 2010.
Published Nov 27, 2010
Kaufman served as program manager for NASA’s Earth Observatory from its launch in April 1999, through January 2006.
Published Jun 8, 2006
Whether a smoke or dust plume has a heating—or cooling—effect on the atmosphere can depend on whether it is above clouds.
Published Oct 17, 2014
They may look like airplane contrails, but the streaky clouds shown in this photo-like image formed around the exhaust left in the wake of ships traveling along the northwest coast of North America.
Published Jan 26, 2008
This series of images, derived from a computer model, shows wind-blown dust from North Africa as it spread over the Atlantic Ocean on July 1, 2009.
Published Dec 18, 2010
This global map shows high concentrations of aerosols, particles in the atmosphere, over drought-afflicted Russia and South America in August 2010.
Published Sep 18, 2010
