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• Cloud base — This article refers to meteorology. For the airborne base of the TV series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, see Cloudbase. The cloud base (or the base of the cloud) is the lowest altitude of the visible portion of the cloud. It is traditionally …   Wikipedia

• cloud base — the apparent lower surface of a cloud or cloud layer. [1950 55] * * * cloud base noun 1. The undersurface of a cloud or clouds 2. The height of this above sea level • • • Main Entry: ↑cloud * * * cloud base, the lower surface of a cloud: »When he …   Useful english dictionary

• cloud ceiling — noun The height of the cloud base above the ground • • • Main Entry: ↑cloud …   Useful english dictionary

• Cloud — For other uses, see Cloud (disambiguation). Cumulus cloudscape over Swifts Creek, Australia A cloud …   Wikipedia

• Cloud height — The cloud height (or the height of the cloud) is the distance between the cloud base and the cloud top. It is traditionally expressed either in metres or as a pressure difference in hectopascal (hPa, equivalent to millibar). Sometimes, the… …   Wikipedia

• Cloud top — Mountains often reach above the cloud top The cloud top (or the top of the cloud) is the highest altitude of the visible portion of the cloud. It is traditionally expressed either in metres above the Earth (or planetary) surface, or as the… …   Wikipedia

• cloud classification — Clouds can be classified either according to their form (i.e., cirrus, cumulus, and stratus) or their height (low, medium, and high clouds). The height of low clouds varies from 0 up to 6500 ft (2 km); medium clouds from 6500 to 13,000 ft (2–4… …   Aviation dictionary

• Cloud atlas — For other uses, see Cloud atlas (disambiguation). A cloud atlas is a pictorial key to the nomenclature of clouds. Early cloud atlases were an important element in the training of meteorologists and in weather forecasting, and the author of a 1923 …   Wikipedia

• Cloud species — are a set of fourteen tems used to describe the shape and structure of clouds. Each one has its name abbreviated to a three letter term. Cumulus Castellanus clouds Species Abbreviation Description Genera Calvus cal …   Wikipedia

• height — height, altitude, elevation mean the distance a thing rises above the level on which it stands, or the vertical distance between a given level taken as a base and a thing that is above it. Height may be used with reference to whatever can be so… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• List of cloud types — Clouds are formed in Earth s atmosphere when water evaporates into vapor from oceans, lakes, and ponds or by evapotranspiration over moist areas of Earth s land surface. The vapor rises up into colder areas of the atmosphere due to convective,… …   Wikipedia