|
Stratus clouds are uniformed layered clouds that are below 6,000 feet. They are formed in sheets and are usually associated with overcast weather. Fog or mist is the result of very low stratus clouds. They can form only a few hundred feet above ground.
|
ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f02/cs255students/abark...
ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f02/cs255students/abarker/P4/stratus.html
|
|
|
|
– low-level blankets of cloud. The name "stratus" means "layers" in Latin, although you in fact rarely see the layers in stratus clouds. Instead they appear as a grey, shapeless sheet of cloud extending in all directions across the sky. ... Cirrus Cumulus Stratus Formation Experiments...
|
www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/clouds.html
www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/clouds.html
|
|
|
Cloud - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
A cloud is a visible mass of droplets or frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body. A cloud is also a visible mass attracted by gravity, su...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud
|
|
List of cloud types - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
Clouds form when the dewpoint of water is reached in the presence of condensation nuclei in the troposphere. Atmosphere is a dynamic system, and the local conditions of turbulence, uplift and other pa...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cloud_types
|
|
|
CiteSeerX - Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles): The formation of Arctic stratus clouds #ASCs# and the maintenance of the cloudy Arctic boundary layer are studied with two models: a one-dimensional radiative-convective model and a three-dimensional large eddy simulation #LES# model. ... Cloud Dynamics – Houze - 1993...
|
citeseer.ist.psu.edu/zhang99modeling.html
|
|
|
WiseDude.com; Cloud Formation and Different Types of Clouds ... High clouds are generally wispy in appearance and are referred to as cirrus clouds, cirrus being Latin for hair. Clouds that have a sheet-like appearance are referred to as stratus clouds, the name being derived from the Latin word for layers.
|
www.wisedude.com/science_engineering/clouds.htm
www.wisedude.com/science_engineering/clouds.htm
|
|
In this section, cloud formation is explained and typical clouds types that are associated with midlatitude cyclones are described. The cloud features within a mature cyclonic disturbance are typically organized in a comma form. ... Stratocumulus forms by the spreading out of cumulus clouds or breaking up of stratus decks.
|
asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/edu_act/clouds.html
asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/edu_act/clouds.html
|
|
I live in > >> Cleveland, Ohio, and can often see Lake Erie "lake-effect" creating > >> clouds as winds (especially NW winds) pass over the lake. Why doesn't the > >> rising, moist air create one long sheet of cloud - more like a > >> stratus-type?
|
www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00036.htm
|
|
Apart from their beauty and interest, clouds can provide a useful indication of weather conditions, and weather observers at some 500 locations around Australia send regular reports to Bureau of Meteorology forecasting Offices on cloud types, height, ... Stratus: low level layer or mass, grey, uniform base; if ragged,
|
www.bom.gov.au/info/clouds/
www.bom.gov.au/info/clouds/
|
|
