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What is Cirrostratus?

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky white, fibrous or vein-like.

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Glossary

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A narrow band of strong winds in the upper atmosphere, typically flowing from west to east and influencing weather patterns.

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

A weather front formed when a cold front overtakes a warm front, lifting the warm air off the ground and resulting in a mix...

A type of cloud consisting mostly of small particles such as ice particles.

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...

Ice forms on the surface of highways in a very thin layer that is difficult to distinguish from the color of the asphalt...

The expected rate of temperature decrease in an adiabatically rising air parcel when there is no heat exchange with the environment....

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

An instrument used to measure the speed, force, and sometimes the direction of the wind. It can be cup or pressure tube anemometers....