-
ascending order of
instability or
convective activity:
stratiform sheets;
cirriform wisps and patches; strato****uliform patches, rolls, and ripples; ****uliform...
-
forms are stratiform, ****uliform, strato****uliform, ****ulonimbiform, and
cirriform. Low-level
clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes.
However mid-level...
- Cirro****ulus and
cirrostratus are
sometimes informally referred to as
cirriform clouds because of
their frequent ****ociation with cirrus. In the intermediate...
- phase. Type II clouds,
which are very
rarely observed in the Arctic, have
cirriform and
lenticular sub-types and
consist of
water ice only. Only Type II clouds...
-
physical categories or
forms based on
appearance and
process of formation:
cirriform (mainly
detached and wispy), ****uliform or
convective (mostly detached...
-
often occurs at the
leading edge of a warm front,
where many
types of
cirriform clouds can be present. Cirro****ulus
clouds tend to
reflect the red and...
- ****ulonimbiform due to its more
complex structure that
often includes a
cirriform or
anvil top.
There are also ****uliform
clouds of
limited convection that...
-
fronts ****ociated with
extratropical cyclones tend to
generate mostly cirriform and
stratiform clouds over a wide area
unless the
approaching warm airm****...
- were
established based on
appearance and
characteristics of formation:
cirriform, ****uliform and stratiform.
These were
further divided into
upper and...
- ****ulonimbus.
Incus (species
capillatus only): ****ulonimbus with flat anvil-like
cirriform top
caused by wind
shear where the
rising air
currents hit the inversion...
