Cirrus floccus is a type of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus floccus is derived from Latin, meaning "a lock of wool". Cirrus floccus occurs as small tufts...
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cloud body. Cirrus fibratus looks striated and is the most common cirrus species. Cirrus floccus species looks like a series of tufts. Cirrus spissatus...
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List of cloud types (section Genus cirrus)
fibratus and uncinus species. Cirrus fibratus duplicatus (V-10) Cirrus uncinus duplicatus (V-11) Spissatus, castellanus, or floccus Varieties are not commonly...
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Cirrus uncinus is a type of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus uncinus is derived from Latin, meaning "curly hooks". Also known as mares' tails, these clouds...
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Cirrus fibratus or also called Cirrus filosus is a species of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus fibratus is derived from Latin, meaning "fibrous". These clouds...
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Cirrus vertebratus is a type of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus vertebratus is derived from Latin, meaning "jointed, articulated, vertebrated". Like cirrus...
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Cirrocumulus cloud (category Cirrus)
main genus types of high-altitude tropospheric clouds, the other two being cirrus and cirrostratus. They usually occur at an altitude of 5 to 12 km (16,000...
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Cirrus intortus is a variety of cirrus cloud. The name cirrus intortus is derived from Latin, meaning "twisted, wound". The variety of intortus clouds...
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Contrail (redirect from Cirrus aviaticus)
described as homomutatus, and may resemble cirrus, cirrocumulus, or cirrostratus, and are sometimes called cirrus aviaticus. Some persistent spreading contrails...
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Cirrus castellanus or Cirrus castellatus is a species of cirrus cloud. Its name comes from the word castellanus, which means of a fort, of a castle in...
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