GEO 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stratus Cloud, Cirrostratus Cloud, Altostratus Cloud
7 May 2016
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Ocean is transparent and the suns radiation is distributed throughout the body of water. The ocean warms slowly, because it flows. In the day land is warmer, sea is cooler, at night land is cooler and sea is warmer. Takes long time for ocean to cool down, warm air mass blows from ocean to the land. Depending on wind movement cloud formation will change. Whimsical- something that is not constant, double minded. Cloud is amount of water vapour or ice crystals in atmosphere which is formed by pockets of water. Low level clouds, often don"t exceed 2000m high. Many stratus clouds are layered, gray or dark clouds, (foggy, misty, reduces visibility to about 50m) Low laying, layered to about 2000m, soft gray, globular masses in lines, groups or waves. Heavy rolls and irregular overcast patterns (puffy) Distance of about 2000m characterized by intense rain shower. Clouds are seen before rainfall or tornado.
