NASA Campaign Explores Clouds Spawned by Wildfires
Scientists on the INSPYRE mission spent weeks chasing an elusive pyrocumulonimbus cloud triggered by Idaho's Wildhorse fire.
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A grass fire in eastern Idaho known as the Wildhorse fire erupted with a massive pulse of smoke, unexpectedly launching a rare weather phenomenon known as a pyrocumulonimbus cloud, or pyroCb, according to NASA.
Scientists working on NASA's INSPYRE campaign, short for Injected Smoke and Pyrocumulonimbus Experiment, spent weeks this summer tracking such elusive clouds across the region.
PyroCb clouds form when intense heat from a wildfire generates powerful updrafts strong enough to produce thunderstorm-like clouds, which can inject smoke and particulates high into the atmosphere.
The INSPYRE campaign is designed to study these fire-triggered clouds in detail, aiming to improve scientific understanding of how wildfire smoke interacts with the atmosphere.
Researchers say better understanding of pyroCb formation could help refine forecasts of smoke dispersal and its broader atmospheric and climate effects.
Sources
- NASA Campaign Explores Clouds Spawned by Wildfires — NASA Breaking News
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