Our Chief Meteorologist received this letter in my inbox with this attached photo about some unusual cloud formation while they were on a cruise in Galveston. Here's what he discovered.

NASA's ER-2 science aircraft flew instruments designed to improve satellite data products and Earth science observations.

They tend to appear on these five cloud types: cirrus, altocumulus, cumulus, stratus, and stratocumulus. But it's equally rare to find fluctus clouds in each one, according to the International ...

wispy clouds visible in the distant atmosphere on relatively clear days — absorb and trap more radiation, warming the Earth,” while “stratus or stratocumulus clouds — plump, fluffy clouds ...

Adding to the complexity are the substantial differences in cloud dynamics between two main stratocumulus regions on Earth, namely the tropical Pacific and Atlantic, based on observations.

Adding to the complexity are the substantial differences in cloud dynamics between two main stratocumulus regions on Earth, namely the tropical Pacific and Atlantic, based on observations.

They can separate into altocumulus standing lenticular, stratocumulus standing lenticular, and cirrocumulus standing lenticular clouds.

Adding to the complexity are the substantial differences in cloud dynamics between two main stratocumulus regions on Earth, namely the tropical Pacific and Atlantic, based on observations.

Piloted by NASA's Tim Williams, the ER-2 science aircraft ascends for one of the final science flights for the GSFC Lidar ...