Do YOU know your Clouds

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Do YOU know your Clouds?
http//remotesensing.utoledo.edu/PPTweb/cldppt.htm
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Wispy, Feathery
Cirrus
SHAPE
Stratus
Flat, Layered
Puffy
Cumulus
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HEIGHT
30,000
High
Cirro-then the shape name
20,000
Medium
Alto-then the shape name
10,000
Name of the shape
Low
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30,000
Cirrus
Wispy and Feathery
Cirrostratus
Flat
High
Cirrocumulus
Puffy
20,000
Altostratus
Flat
Medium
Altocumulus
Puffy
10,000
Stratus
Flat
Low
Cumulus
Puffy
Stratocumulus
Puffy and Flat
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MOIST
Nimbus
Cumulonimbus
Nimbostratus
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Cumulus
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Cumulus
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Cumulus
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Cirrus
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Cirrus
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Altocumulus
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Altocumulus
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Altocumulus
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Stratus
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Stratus
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Cumulonimbus
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Cumulonimbus
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Cumulonimbus
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Nimbostratus
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Altostratus
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Altostratus
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Cirrocumulus
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Cirrocumulus
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Cirrocumulus
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Stratocumulus
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Stratocumulus
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Cirrostratus
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Cirrostratus
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Cirrus and Cirrostratus
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What do clouds do to energy?
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What effect do cirrus clouds have?
What temperature are they? Are they a net gain or
a net loss for the climate system?
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What about stratus clouds?
What temperature are they? Are they a net gain or
a net loss for the climate system?
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Cumulus clouds?
What temperature are they? Are they a net gain or
a net loss for the climate system?
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How do IR satellite pictures help us figure out
cloud types?
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What types of clouds do you see here?