Types of Clouds in Earth's Atmosphere

This chapter identifies and describes the different types of clouds that occur in Earth’s atmosphere. Traditional observation of clouds by a ground observer includes clouds known by the nomenclature: cumulus, cumulonimbus, fog, stratus, stratocumulus, altostratus, altocumulus, cirrus, cirrostratus,...

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Published inInternational Geophysics Vol. 104; pp. 3 - 23
Main Author Houze, Robert A.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Science & Technology 2014
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Altocumulus
Altostratus
Banner clouds
Cirrocumulus
Cirrostratus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
Cumulus
Fog
Fronts
Lenticular
Mesoscale convective systems
Noctilucent
Orographic
Rotor
Stratocumulus
Stratus
Tropical cyclones
Wave
Cirrocumulus
Orographic
Fronts
Stratus
Rotor
Cumulus
Wave
Altocumulus
Tropical cyclones
Stratocumulus
Cirrus
Noctilucent
Mesoscale convective systems
Cirrostratus
Altostratus
Cumulonimbus
Lenticular
Fog
Banner clouds
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Summary:This chapter identifies and describes the different types of clouds that occur in Earth’s atmosphere. Traditional observation of clouds by a ground observer includes clouds known by the nomenclature: cumulus, cumulonimbus, fog, stratus, stratocumulus, altostratus, altocumulus, cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, noctilucent, orographic, lenticular, wave clouds, rotor clouds, and banner clouds. Cloud types observed from space include the clouds of mesoscale convective systems, fronts, and tropical cyclones. Observations from space provide global climatologies of the basic cloud types.
ISBN:0123742668
9780123742667
ISSN:0074-6142
DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-374266-7.00001-9