They found that global average cloud height decreased by around 1 percent over the decade, a distance of 100 to 130 feet (30 to 40 meters). Most of the reduction stemmed from fewer clouds forming ...

The tops of Earth’s clouds dropped at least 100 feet over the course of a decade, new satellite measurements show — a mysterious result that could be related to global warming. Scientis… ...

The map was based on data collected by NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites, along with the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat.

A: Yes, that is usually the case, McRoberts adds. Storm clouds that exceed 50,000 feet are almost always stronger than ones that are at just 15,000 feet.

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center image: On Sept. 26, 2019, the MODIS instrument that flies aboard NASA's Terra provided an image of cloud top temperatures and heights of Tropical Storm Karen.