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Allsky image example used for training 02 november 2007, 12. Persistent contrails cirrus homogenitus may be observed, over a period of time and under the influence of strong upper winds, to grow and spread out over a larger portion of sky, and undergo internal transformation such that the cloud eventually takes on the appearance of more natural cirriform c. Buy international cloud atlas wmo by world meteorological organization isbn. The most recent edition can now be downloaded as a pdf, cohn said. Cloud identification guide international cloud atlas. Classification of clouds the present international system of latinbased cloud classification dates back to 1803, when amateur meteorologist luke howard wrote the essay on the. The aim is to produce a userfriendly, digitalbased product which is an authoritative, comprehensive and uptodate source of reference and is also interesting and accessible to a wide audience. It provides the definitions and descriptions of cloud types and meteors, and flow charts to help identify them. The international cloud atlas currently recognizes 10 basic cloud genera, which are defined according to where in the sky they form and their approximate appearance. International cloud atlas world meteorological organization.
International cloud atlas also cloud atlas is a cloud atlas that was first published in 1896 and has remained in print since then. Manual on the observation of clouds and other meteors, world meteorological organization issue. The cloud species volutus has been officially named as a new species of cloud in the world meteorological organizations cloud atlas. World meteorological organization author of international. Wmo and the task team hope and anticipate that the atlas usefulness for training and teaching will continue to increase.
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