Dusty Cirrus over Romania

Dusty cirrus over Romania

3 May 2011 04:00 UTC

Dusty Cirrus over Romania
Dusty Cirrus over Romania

This Meteosat-8 HRV animation shows the impact of dust aerosols on the macro-physical structure — specifically the texture — of cirrus clouds.

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16 June 2022

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03 May 2011

In many cases the cirrus shield assumes a fine-scale cellular or granular structure, similar to that observed in closed Bénard cells over the oceans.