clouds

what is a cloud?

visible water vapor/indication of weather outside

what two things are clouds classified by?

height and form

who came up with the cloud classification chart?

Luke Howard

what are effective sites for condensation?

hygroscopic nuclei

what are the 3 basic cloud forms?

cirrus, stratus, cumulus

these clouds are high, thin, white, feathery, and wispy

cirrus

these clouds are individual cloud masses, globular, can appear as domes or towers

cumulus

these clouds are in sheets or layers and they cover most of the sky, no individual clouds are present

stratus

what are the 3 high clouds called?

cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus

cirrus

high, thin, wispy

cirrocumulus

thin, high, wispy, puffy

cirrostratus

high, thin, see through, transparent