Table of Contents
Chapter 5- Cloud Development and Forms
How do we get clouds?
Orographic Lifting
Frontal Lifting
Convergence
Buoyancy
Stability of the air
Statically Stable VS Statically Unstable
Statically Unstable
Statically Stable VS Statically Unstable
Statically Stable
Air Parcel VS Atmosphere
Movement of an Air Parcel
Dry Adiabatic VS Wet Adiabatic
MtnSim_adiabat
Classification of the stability of the atmosphere
Absolutely Unstable Air (ELR > DALR)
Absolutely Unstable Air (ELR > MALR)
PPT Slide
Absolutely Stable Air (ELR < DALR)
Absolutely Stable Air (ELR < MALR)
Conditionally Unstable Air (DALR > ELR > MALR)
Factors that influence the ELR
Factors that influence the ELR
Factors that influence the ELR
Factors that influence the ELR
Limitations on the Lifting of Unstable Air
Limitations on the Lifting of Unstable Air
Extremely Stable Air: Inversions
Radiation Inversion
Frontal Inversion
Subsidence Inversion
Cloud Types
Classification of Clouds
High Clouds (prefix of “cirro”)
Characteristics of Cirrus Clouds
High Clouds (Cirrus)
High Clouds (Cirrus)
High Clouds (Cirrus)
High Clouds (Cirrus)
Characteristics of Cirrocumulus Clouds
High Clouds (Cirrocumulus)
High Clouds (Cirrocumulus)
High Clouds (Cirrocumulus)
Characteristics of Cirrostratus Clouds
High Clouds (Cirrostratus)
High Clouds (Cirrostratus)
High Clouds (Cirrostratus)
Middle Clouds (prefix of “alto”)
Characteristics of Altocumulus Clouds
Middle Clouds (Altocumulus)
Characteristics of Altostratus Clouds
Middle Clouds (Altostratus)
Middle Clouds (Altostratus)
Low Clouds
Characteristics of Stratus Clouds
Low Clouds (Stratus)
Low Clouds (Stratus)
Low Clouds (Stratus)
Characteristics of Nimbostratus Clouds
Low Clouds (Nimbostratus)
Low Clouds (Nimbostratus)
Low Clouds (Nimbostratus)
Characteristics of Stratocumulus Clouds
Low Clouds (Stratocumulus)
Low Clouds (Stratocumulus)
Clouds with vertical development (Cumulus and Cumulonimbus)
Characteristics of Cumulus Clouds
Cumulus humilis
Cumulus humilis
Cumulus Congestus
Cumulus Congestus
Characteristics of Cumulonimbus Clouds
Cumulonimbus
Cumulonimbus
Cumulonimbus
Unusual Clouds (Lenticular Clouds)
Unusual Clouds (Lenticular Clouds)
Unusual Clouds (Lenticular Clouds)
Unusual Clouds (Mammatus Clouds)
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