Wildfire smoke contains dark sooty particles that can “burn off” clouds.
Published Aug 8, 2013
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
Smoke and heat from fires may be burning off cloud cover over parts of Africa.
Published Jun 2, 2017
Scientists use a satellite called CALIPSO to study smoke plumes.
Published Jan 18, 2016
With dozens of wildfires burning in a part of Russia best known for its frigid winters, the CALIPSO satellite offered this view through the clouds and smoke.
Published Jul 30, 2014
A growing body of research indicates that smoke above clouds can have important consequences for the climate.
Published May 11, 2016
Wildfires in Alaska and Canada send smoke plumes wafting in opposite directions around the Northern Hemisphere.
Published Jul 18, 2015
In August 2014, MODIS captured an unusual view of mature pyrocumulus clouds billowing up from a fire along the border of California and Oregon.
Published Aug 6, 2014
Fires are burning so fiercely that they are lofting smoke to unusual heights.
Published Jan 9, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Drought Fires Remote Sensing
Wildfires in southern Siberia lofted smoke high into the troposphere.
Published Apr 23, 2015
