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Some clouds are accompanied by precipitation; rain, snow, hail, sleet, even freezing rain. The purpose of this module is to introduce a number of cloud classifications, different types of precipitation, ... Cloud Types; High, middle and low-level clouds, vertically developed clouds, plus some less common cloud types.
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There are three general cloud types. If you were to look into the sky this very minute, you might see a cloud that doesn't look like the stratus, cumulus or cirrus clouds described below. Clouds are a combination and variations of the three general types.
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schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/weatypeclouds.html
schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/weatypeclouds.html
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In addition, a few other cloud types are found in higher layers of the atmosphere. Polar stratospheric clouds are located in a layer of the atmosphere called the stratosphere. Polar mesoshperic, or noctilucent, clouds are located in the atmospheric layer called the mesosphere.
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www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/clouds...
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/clouds/cloud_types.html
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Most clouds have something to do with the weather. Seeing a certain kind of cloud might mean that it will probably rain or snow, or that the weather will be sunny and nice. These clouds can be divided into groups based on how high they are above the Earth's surface.
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www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/clouds...
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/earth/Atmosphere/clouds/cloud_types.html&edu=elem
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List of cloud types - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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
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There are two cloud appearance types: cumulus and stratus, which are also the basic names of the low clouds. Sometimes they appear higher in the atmosphere and get a combination name with a prefix.
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www.wxdude.com/page9.html
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There are three families of clouds. They were given Latin names by Luke Howard in 1804. They are Cirrus (curl of hair), Cumulus (heap) and Stratus (layers). There are 10 main types of clouds made up of combinations of these families.
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www.miamisci.org/ecolinks/activities/Atmosphere/cloudsi...
www.miamisci.org/ecolinks/activities/Atmosphere/cloudsinajar/clouddes.html
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Clouds are defined by their general appearance and level in the atmosphere. ... Cirrus clouds are curly or fibrous ... So here's how some cloud types stack up...
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www.carlwozniak.com/clouds/types.html
www.carlwozniak.com/clouds/types.html
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