Transcription of Common Cloud Names, Shapes, and Altitudes
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Common Cloud Names, Shapes, and Altitudes
Common Cloud Names, Shapes, and Altitudes :duplicatus, undulatusfibratusnebulosusCirrostratusun dulatus, lacunosusstratiformislenticulariscastell anusfloccusCirrocumulusintortus, radiatus, vertebratus, duplicatusfibratusuncinusspissatuscastel lanusfloccusCirrus(none)(none)Nimbostrat us (extend through 1+ levels)translucidus, perlucidus, opacus, duplicatus, undulatus, radiatus(none)Altostratustranslucidus, perlucidus, opacus, duplicatus, undulatus, radiatus, lacunosusstratiformuslenticulariscastell anusfloccusAltocumulustranslucidus, perlucidus, opacus, duplicatus, undulatus, radiatus, lacunosusstratiformislenticulariscastell anusStratocumulusopacus, translucidus, undulatusnebulosusfractusStratus(none)ca lvuscapillatusCumulonimbus (extend through all 3 levels)radiatushumilismediocriscongestus fractusCumulusVarieties(can be more than one)Species (can be only one)GenusLow CloudsMiddle CloudsHigh CloudsCloudClassification:Clouds are classified using a Latin Linnean system based on genera and species, originally developed by Luke Howard, an amateur meteorologist and Quaker in modern classification scheme is based on Howard s system and is detailed in The International Cloud Atlas, published by the World Meteorological Organization since addition to standardizing the genus-species system, the WMO also classified clouds by altitude and divided the troposphere into 3 levels:Low-level Clouds: < 6,500 Clouds: 6,500 to 23,000 Clouds: 16,500
Cloud Classification: Clouds are classified using a Latin “Linnean” system based on genera and species, originally developed by Luke Howard, an amateur meteorologist and Quaker in 1802. The modern classification scheme is based on Howard’s system and is detailed in The International Cloud Atlas, published by the World
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