Flying through a pyrocumulonimbus cloud

(This article first appeared at earthobservatory.nasa.gov) Atmospheric scientists regularly take note when satellites detect thunderheads rising above columns of wildfire smoke. These “fire clouds”—experts call them pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) or cumulonimbus flammagenitus—are caused when fires loft enough heat and moisture into the atmosphere to produce thunderstorms. On August 8, 2019, a team of atmospheric scientists got an … Continue reading “Flying through a pyrocumulonimbus cloud”

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