Cloud Formations - please see this online cloud atlas for photos and descriptions of all the various cloud types.
A variety of cloud formations.
Global scheme of cloud optical thickness.
Clouds form when the invisible water vapor in the air condenses into visible water droplets or ice crystals. This can happen in two ways.
Often used to describe cloud formations which appear to be shaped by a smooth flow of air traveling in parallel layers or sheets. Langley A unit of energy per unit area commonly employed in radiation theory.
Initially, winds and cloud formations over the warm tropical waters are minimal. Both intensify with time. Formation of tropical storms also requires a significant Coriolis effect to induce proper spin in the wind formation.
Woolpack or Cauliflower Cloud These terms are old ones used to refer to some types of cloud formations, namely cirrocumulus (high cumulus) and altocumulus (mid-level cumulus).
Grooves or channels in cloud formations, arranged parallel to the flow of air and therefore depicting the airflow relative to the parent cloud.
Smooth, non-turbulent. Often used to describe cloud formations which appear to be shaped by a smooth flow of air traveling in parallel layers or sheets.
Laminar Flow ...
LAMINAR
Smooth, non-turbulent. Often used to describe cloud formations which appear to be shaped by a smooth flow of air traveling in parallel layers or sheets.
Cirrus cloud is a member of the ten fundamental cloud types (or cloud genera) and are wispy white high-altitude cloud formations occurring between about 5 to 13km (16,600 to 40,000ft).
cloud chart"A cloud-observing guide showing photographs of typical cloud formations with corresponding cloud symbols.
STRFMStratiformStriationsGrooves or channels in cloud formations, arranged parallel to the flow of air and therefore depicting the airflow relative to the parent cloud.
 See also: Cloud, Air, Temperature, Weather, Atmosphere
  
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