Article: Cloud. (poem)

Article: Clouds and Cloud Types
World of Earth Science;      700+ words ...Clouds and cloud types Clouds are condensations of water and other particles in the atmosphere ... i.e., whether it is light or dark) is a function of cloud thickness. Cirrus clouds occur at high levels and are generally wispy and elongate ...

Article: Cumulus cloud formulations for longwave radiation ...
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences;  March 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... effects of broken cumulus clouds as the cloud amount weighted average ... because a large part of cloud systems consists of broken clouds. Current atmospheric ... estimated the effective cloud fraction for small cumulus clouds by considering clouds ...

Article: Cloud cover in the ECMWF reanalysis
Journal of Climate;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... terrestrial radiative fluxes by the clouds; the cloud latent forcing describes ... condensation and evaporation in clouds and precipitation; the cloud convective forcing describes ... nonradiative effects of convective clouds, and a cloud scheme describing the cloud ...

Article: Cloud-base height estimates using a combination of ...
Journal of Applied Meteorology;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... increased knowledge of cloud vertical occurrence ... simulation using realistic clouds (Hembree et al ... satellite. The nature of cloud layers adds to the complexity. Clouds may occur in several ... blocked by the lowest cloud layer. Thin clouds are detected more ...

Article: Cloud Radiative Forcing of the Arctic Surface: The ...
Journal of Climate;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... properties of Arctic clouds control the surface ... balance. Surface cloud radiative forcing ... surface albedo amplify cloud radiative influences ... Furthermore, Arctic clouds play significant ... is referred to as cloud radiative forcing ... CF indicating that clouds warm the surface ...

Article: Clouds
UXL Encyclopedia of Science;      700+ words ... ... crystals form the cloud. Clouds appear white because ... The International Cloud Classification presently ... recognizes ten forms of clouds, which are grouped ... Fog is a stratus cloud at ground level. Nimbostratus clouds are thick, darker ...

Article: Cloud Detection with MODIS. Part I: Improvements in the ...
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... contrast (i.e., cloud versus background surface ... spectral bands (e.g., clouds are generally more reflective ... the 250-m mask. The cloud mask assesses the likelihood that clouds obstruct a given pixel. As cloud cover can occupy a pixel ...