FIU CLOUD ATLAS 2006
Names link to cloud type descriptions. Pictures link to photo galleries.
High Clouds Cloud base: Tropics, 6-18 km Mid Lat, 5-13 km Polar, 3-8 km |
Cirrostratus
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Cirrocumulus
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Cirrus
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Clouds of Vertical Development Cumulonimbus 
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Middle Clouds Cloud base: Tropics, 2-8 km Mid Lat, 2-7 km Polar, 2-4 km |
Altostratus
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Altocumulus
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Low Clouds Cloud base below 2 km in all latitudes |
Stratus
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Stratocumulus
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Nimbostratus
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Cumulus
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Written 2004, by Hugh E. Willoughby FIU Dept. of Earth Sciences Revised January, 2006. |