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Yes. Noctilucent clouds are a rare type of thin cloud that form in the mesosphere in the higher latitudes. These clouds are so thin that they can only been seen when lit from below in the evening or at dawn.
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What objects are found in the mesosphere?
Meteors that blow up are found in the mesosphere.
What kinds of clouds form thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus clouds form thunderstorms.
What type of clouds do thunder storms form in?
Cumulonimbus clouds Cumulonimbus clouds.
What is a name that form hail besides cumulonimbus clouds?
Cumulonimbus clouds are the only clouds that can form hail. No other cloud is capable of doing so.
What causes most clouds to form?
the thing that causes most clouds to form was your mom sucker yegh she did
Is altocirrus clouds form highest in the air?
Noctilucent clouds are the highest and are made of crystals of water ice. They are located in the Mesosphere some 76 kilometers high
Which atmospheric layer has rain clouds?
the mesosphere
Which layer of the atmosphere contains noctilucent clouds?
mesosphere
What things can be found in the mesosphere?
shooting stars (meteors)natillucent clouds or polar mesospheric clouds
What objects are found in the mesosphere?
Meteors that blow up are found in the mesosphere.
Can a cloud form in the mesosphere?
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What happened in the mesosphere?
The mesosphere is a layer of Earth's atmosphere. The mesosphere is above the stratosphere layer. The layer above the mesosphere is called the thermosphere. The mesosphere starts at 50 km (31 miles) above Earth's surface and goes up to 85 km (53 miles) high.As you get higher up in the mesosphere, the temperature gets colder. The top of the mesosphere is the coldest part of Earth's atmosphere. The temperature there is around -90° C (-130° F)!The boundaries between layers in the atmosphere have special names. The mesopause is the boundary between the mesosphere and the thermosphere above it. The stratopause is the boundary between the mesosphere and the stratosphere below it.We know less about the mesosphere than about other layers of the atmosphere. The mesosphere is hard to study. Weather balloons and jet planes cannot fly high enough to reach the mesosphere. The orbits of satellites are above the mesosphere. We don't have many ways to get scientific instruments to the mesosphere to take measurements there. We do get some measurements using sounding rockets. Sounding rockets make short flights that don't go into orbit. Overall, there's a lot we don't know about the mesosphere because it is hard to measure and study.What do we know about the mesosphere? Most meteors from space burn up in this layer. A special type of clouds, called "noctilucent clouds", sometimes forms in the mesosphere near the North and South Poles. These clouds are strange because they form much, much higher up than any other type of cloud. There are also odd types of lightning in the mesosphere. These types of lightning, called "sprites" and "ELVES", appear dozens of miles above thunderclouds in the troposphere below.In the mesosphere and below, different kinds of gases are all mixed together in the air. Above the mesosphere, the air is so thin that atoms and molecules of gases hardly ever run into each other. The gases get separated some, depending on the kinds of elements (like nitrogen or oxygen) that are in them.You know that waves can form in the ocean or other bodies of water. But did you know that there are waves of air in the atmosphere? Some of these waves start in the lower atmosphere, the troposphere and stratosphere, and move upward into the mesosphere. The waves carry energy to the mesosphere. Most of the movement of air in the mesosphere is caused by these wave
What is the heights of the mesosphere?
The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite mission is exploring Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs), also called noctilucent clouds, to find out why they form and why they are changing.The AIM mission has been extended by NASA through the end of FY12. During this time the instruments will monitor noctilucent clouds to better understand their variability and possible connection to climate change. Individual instrument data collection status, as well as spacecraft and instrument health, will be monitored throughout the life of the mission and reported periodically on this earthHope this helps :)
Do clouds form from sublimation?
No, clouds form by condensation.
What form is the water in when it is in the clouds?
Water in clouds is in gaseous form.
Wall clouds can range from a fraction of what?
Wall clouds can form from cumulonimbus clouds that often form tornadoes.
What kinds of clouds form thunderstorms?
Cumulonimbus clouds form thunderstorms.
