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| Notes 1) Principle of classification, etymology and meaning of the Latin names are given in: Glossary of weather terms for clouds. 2) Mother-clouds other than those mentioned in the above table, may be observed, though seldom. 3) Genera are sorted in decreasing order of altitudes at which they are usually observed. 4) Species, varieties, supplementary features and accessory clouds are listed approximately in descending order of frequency of their occurrence; mother-clouds are listed in the same order as the genera. 5) Bold characters = abbreviations of genera, species, varieties, supplementary features & accessory clouds and mother-clouds. The names and abbreviations of the genera are always written with an initial capital. 6) Color scale: yellow = high level, orange = medium level, blue = low level. |
Classification of clouds with their base height
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