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What are clouds?
A visible mass of particle of condensed vapor (as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere of a planet.
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Formation
Clouds are formed when moist and warm air rises and expands in the atmosphere. Water vapor condenses into small pieces of dust which come together to form a cloud.
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How do clouds get their color?
Large water droplets of ice crystals spreads the light of the seven wavelengths that cause for the production of white light
Example: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
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Classification
Based of characteristics such as…
Cloud’s altitude is the height above sea level that it is.
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A clouds appearance also tells you what type of cloud it is.
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Stratus Clouds • Layered clouds below 6,000 ft. • Formed in sheets• Involved in overcast weathers • Produces light rain • Often covers entire sky • Resembles fog
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Stratus Clouds
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Cirrus Clouds • Thin, white, feathery & wispy clouds• Form above 20,000 ft. • Move across sky from west to east • Represent a sign of nice weather• Composed of ice crystals• Fastest moving clouds in the atmosphere
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Cirrus Clouds
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Cumulus Clouds• Puffy, floating cotton like clouds• Often flat, only 3,300 feet above
ground• Top of cloud has rounded towers• Dark bases may be no more than
1,000 feet above Earth’s surface• Lightning, thunder and tornadoes
are associated with Cumulus clouds
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Cumulus cloudsCumulus clouds
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SUNSETS• Radiations of seven wavelengths are reflected • Our eyes can only see the visible wavelength
that are reflected• Some of the wavelengths don’t reach our eyes
depending on what happened to the light before you saw it
• Every night there's always a good sunset we just cant see it from the ground
• The higher the clouds the longer the clouds will be able to reflect the colors
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Citations http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm http://www.weatherquestions.com/How_do_clouds_form.htm http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html/
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml http://weathersavvy.com/Q-Clouds_And_Color1.html http://www.weather.gov.hk/education/edu06nature/ele_cloudcolours_e.htm
http://white-rock-lake.blogspot.com/2012/03/brilliant-bluebonnets-blooming-at-white.html http://blog.edwardmlerner.com/2013/08/of-moons-clouds-and-state-of-arts.html http://kathrynwarmstrong.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/my-head-in-the-clouds-learning-to-recognize-cloud-types/ http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/40-stunning-photos-of-beautiful-clouds/ http://www.lonestarphotos.com/horsesunset.htm http://www.kudzuacres.com/wwow/lessons/weather/weatherwebnotes.htm
http://r-u-u.blogspot.com/2010/12/brush-touch-cirrus-clouds.html
http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/exam-2/deck/2551317
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/alto.html
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cirrus.html
http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f02/cs255students/abarker/P4/stratus.html
http://ellerbruch.nmu.edu/classes/cs255f02/cs255students/abarker/p4/cirrus.html
http://www.australiasevereweather.com/techniques/simple/sunrise.htm
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131027-sunsets-sky-change-color-red-clouds-science/
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That concludes our presentation!