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Bookmark or Share- Types of Clouds | NOAA SciJinks – All About WeatherAll clouds are made up of basically the same thing: water droplets or ice crystals that float in the sky. But all clouds look a little bit different from one another, and sometimes these differences can help us predict a change in the weather. Here’s a list of some of the most common cloud types you might spot in the sky:
- Ten Basic Clouds - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationFrom the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) International Cloud Atlas, the official worldwide standard for clouds, the following are definitions of the ten basic cloud types, divided by their height: Cirrus (Ci), cirrocumulus (Cc), and cirrostratus (Cs) are high level clouds.
- The Four Core Types of Clouds | National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...While clouds appear in infinite shapes and sizes, they fall into some basic forms. From his Essay of the Modifications of Clouds (1803), Luke Howard divided clouds into three categories: cirrus, cumulus, and stratus, plus a fourth special type, nimbus. The Latin word "cirro" means curl of hair.
- Cloud - WikipediaOn Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature.
- Everything You Need to Know About Clouds - TreehuggerIn short, clouds are a rich tapestry in the sky that changes daily. These are the 10 most typical forms clouds take. The WMO notes that the definitions don't encompass all possible cloud...
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