Reeds cloud handbook. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Oliver Perkins.
• Authors: Perkins, Oliver
• Contents: Introduction to the weather How to use this book A brief introduction to the clouds Deciphering cloud names A bit of history Weather systems Air massesDepressionsAnticyclonesHigh cloudsCirrusThick cirrus (cirrus spissatus)CirrostratusCirrocumulusContrails (cirrus homogenitus)Middle cloudsAltocumulus floccusAltocumulus castellanusAltocumulus sheets (altocumulus stratiformis)Altocumulus lenticularisThin altostratus (altostratus translucidus)Thick altostratus (altostratus opacus)Lower cloudsCumulusCumulus fractusFair weather cumulus (cumulus humilis)Towering cumulus (cumulus congestus)Cumulus cloud streets (cumulus radiatus)Featureless stratus (stratus nebulosus)Broken stratus (stratus fractus)StratocumulusStratocumulus stratiformisStratocumulus castellanusNimbostratusCumulonimbus calvusCumulonimbus capillatusThunderstorms Supplementary features and accessory cloudsSupplementary featuresAsperitasMammaFall streaks (virga)Anvil (incus)Funnel cloud (tuba)Shelf and roll clouds (arcus)Kelvin-Helmholtz waves (fluctus)Accessory cloudsCap clouds (pileus)PannusVelumFogSea fog (advection fog)Land fog (radiation fog)Upslope fogFrontal fogSea smokeClouds outside the troposphereNacreous (mother of pearl)NoctilucentOptical phenomenaRainbowCoronaHaloMock sun/sun dog/parhelionIridescenceIce rainbow (circumzenithal arc)Sunbeams and crepuscular raysGloryCloud weather loreGlossaryQuick cloud identifierIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Reeds
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 551.576; Clouds -- Identification
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472982124; 9781472982087
• Related ISBNs: 9781472982070
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