Stratocumulus undulatus clouds, seen from an airplane Stratocumulus undulatus asperitas clouds, seen from Earth Stratocumulus radiatus Stratocumulus duplicatus;...
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Cloud (section Stratocumulus fields)
seen with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus. A newly recognized species of stratocumulus or altocumulus has been given the name volutus...
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Stratocumulus lenticularis is an uncommon cloud type that belongs to the stratocumulus cloud type, its appearance is that of a flat lens or almond. It...
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List of cloud types (section Genus stratocumulus)
Genitus mother clouds Stratocumulus cumulogenitus Stratocumulus nimbostratogenitus Stratocumulus cumulonimbogenitus Stratocumulus altostratogenitus Mutatus...
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Cumulus cloud (section Stratocumulus clouds)
fronts. Additionally, stratocumulus clouds reflect a large amount of the incoming sunlight, producing a net cooling effect. Stratocumulus clouds can produce...
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Stratocumulus volutus is a rare species of stratocumulus cloud, typically forming alone. Volutus is translated from Latin, meaning revolve, being described...
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Stratus cloud (section Stratocumulus clouds)
fronts. Additionally, stratocumulus clouds reflect a large amount of the incoming sunlight, producing a net cooling effect. Stratocumulus clouds can produce...
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types of lenticular clouds: altocumulus standing lenticular (ACSL), stratocumulus standing lenticular (SCSL), and cirrocumulus standing lenticular (CCSL)...
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Marine stratocumulus is a type of stratocumulus cloud that form in the stable air off the west coast of major land masses. The Earth spins on its axis...
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with marine stratocumulus clouds (low, layered clouds over ocean regions) most sensitive to aerosol changes. These marine stratocumulus clouds are thus...
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of the cloud can lead to dramatic visual effects. Occurs mostly with Stratocumulus and Altocumulus. On June 20, 2006, Jane Wiggins took a picture of asperitas...
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rain or snow falls as virga which doesn't reach the ground. Stratus or stratocumulus usually replace the nimbostratus after the passage of the warm or occluded...
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Stratocumulus castellanus or Stratocumulus castellatus is a type of stratocumulus cloud, castellanus is derived from Latin, meaning 'of a castle' This...
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larger and darker than those of cirrocumulus and smaller than those of stratocumulus. However, if the layers become tufted in appearance due to increased...
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A sea of clouds is an overcast layer of stratocumulus clouds, as viewed from above, with a relatively uniform top which shows undulations of very different...
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front approaches, middle-étage gives way to altostratus and low-level stratocumulus with intermittent light precipitation if the warm airmass being displaced...
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employed a large eddy simulation model to estimate that equatorial stratocumulus clouds could break up and scatter when CO2 levels rise above 1,200 ppm...
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Stratocumulus floccus is a species of cloud belonging to Stratocumulus cloud genus. Stratocumulus floccus is usually a sign of instability at that altitude...
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diameter. Drizzle is normally produced by low stratiform clouds and stratocumulus clouds. Precipitation rates from drizzle are on the order of a millimetre...
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hole over Austria Abbreviation cav Genus Cirrocumulus , Altocumulus , Stratocumulus Variety Supplementary feature Altitude 500-15,000 m (2,000-49,000 ft)...
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cirrocumulus clouds. Irisation in cirrus (or maybe cirrocumulus) clouds behind Stratocumulus (bottom), in the afternoon over Warsaw, Poland. Vibrant cloud iridescence...
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cloud microphysics, dynamics of convective clouds, and physics of stratocumulus clouds. He studied the interaction between updraft and downdraft in...
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sustained winds of less than 34 knots, and mainly consists of stable stratocumulus with little to no convective activity. These shallow systems may meander...
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ft) Classification Family B (Medium-level) Appearance Middle-altitude Stratocumulus clouds arranged in groups with rising towers, turrets. Precipitation...
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of altocumulus or stratocumulus. This genus and species type may also be the result of a complete transformation of stratocumulus or stratus. These clouds...
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generally darker than those in cirrocumulus and smaller than those in stratocumulus. These clouds may appear both as patches or as covering the sky. The...
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altocumulus and stratocumulus. Species of the clouds include cirrus castellanus, cirrocumulus castellanus, altocumulus castellanus and stratocumulus castellanus...
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often displayed as red or black, lower warmer clouds such as stratus or stratocumulus are displayed as blue or grey, with intermediate clouds shaded accordingly...
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"Nonlinear climate response to regional brightening of tropical marine stratocumulus". Geophysical Research Letters. 39 (15): L15707. Bibcode:2012GeoRL....
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