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Cloud Types
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20,000 – 43,000 ft Cirrus High Level wispy, feathery, hairlike, delicate fibers, streaks or plumes
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Cirrocumulus High Level Appears as tufts, in lines or groups, sometimes in ripples
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Cirrostratus High Level Veil of fused sheets of ice crystals, milky. Sun and moon halos.
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Cloud Types Mid-level
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Altocumulus Middle Level Patches of cotton balls
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Altostratus 6,500 – 20,000 ft. Altostratus Middle Level
Thin to thick with no halos, sun’s outline just visible, grey day
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Cloud Types Low Level
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Nimbostratus Grey dark low clouds with drizzling rain
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Stratus Low Level Uniform, featureless, grey, like high fog
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Stratocumulus Low Level Soft, grey, globular mases in lines, groups, or waves, heavy rolls, irregular overcast patterns.
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Cloud Types Vertically developed
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Cumulus Vertically developed Sharply outlined, puffy, billowy, flat based, swelling tops, fair weather
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Cumulus Vertically developed Sharply outlined, puffy, billowy, flat based, swelling tops, fair weather
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Cumulonimbus Vertically developed
Dense, heavy, dark massive thunderstorms hard showers, explosive top, great vertical development cirrus topped plume blown into anvil shaped head.
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Cumulonimbus Vertically developed Dense, heavy, dark massive thunderstorms hard showers, explosive top, great vertical development cirrus topped plume blown into anvil shaped head.
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Geosystems Robert W. Christopherson FIFTH EDITION
AN INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Robert W. Christopherson
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Figure 1.2
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Atmosphere as a System
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Earth’s Four Spheres Atmosphere Hydrosphere Lithosphere Biosphere
Figure 21.2
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Prime Meridian and Standard Time
Figure 1.17
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Prime Meridian and Standard Time
Figure 1.17
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Active and Passive Remote Sensing
Passive sensing visible light Active sensing radar Figure 1.25
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Remote Sensing Figure 1.26
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