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Table 4.1 Cloud genera
Cloud base (m)
Cloud type
Abbreviation
Height level
Tropical
Temperate
Polar
Stratiform (layered)
Cirrus
Ci
Cirrostratus
Cs
High
6,000-18,000
5,000-13,000
3,000-8,000
Cirrocumulus
Cc
Altostratus
As
Medium
2,000-8,000
2,000-7,000
2,000-4,000
Altocumulus
Ac
Stratus
St
Stratocumulus
Sc
Low
Ground
Ground
Ground
to 2,000
to 2,000
to 2,000
Nimbostratus
Nb
Cumuliform(vertical development)
Cumulus
Cu
Variable
Variable
Variable
Variable
Cumulonimbus
Cb
9000
Cirrocumulus
Cirrostratus
7500
Halo
Cirrus
Sun or
moon
A ltocumulus
6000
Altocumulus lenticularis
Altostratus
4500
3000
Stratocumulus
Nimbostratus
Stratus
1500
0
Figure 4.6 Schematic diagram of the main stratiform cloud types.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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