CLOUDS | Classification. A.L. Rangno, in Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, 2003 Middle-Level Clouds. Altocumulus, altostratus, and nimbostratus clouds (Figures 4, 5, and 6, …

Jan 1, 2014 · Nimbostratus clouds are produced by nearly thermodynamically stable air motions and are deep enough to allow precipitation particles to grow to the sizes of raindrops and …

Jan 1, 1993 · The nimbostratus clouds considered in this chapter are so deep that they probably are not best described in this way. As we have seen, nimbostratus typically extends from a …

Jan 1, 2002 · Some aspects of mid-latitude Ns are also being addressed: for example, the parameterization of ice clouds in numerical weather prediction and global climate models …

Jan 1, 1993 · This chapter reveals that nimbostratus are deep stratiform clouds from which significant amounts of rain or snow fall occur extensively in both the midlatitudes and the …

Jan 1, 2014 · Nimbostratus is a “grey cloud layer, often dark, the appearance of which is rendered diffuse by more or less continuously falling rain or snow, which in most cases reaches the …

Sep 1, 2018 · Number of days with Nimbostratus clouds at Swider station and total duration in hours over each year between 2005 and 2015. Top panel: all Ns cases, other panels from top …

Altocumulus, altostratus, and nimbostratus clouds (Figures 4, 5, and 6, respectively) are considered ‘middle-level’ clouds because their bases are located between about 2 and 7 km …

Sep 1, 2018 · Mean average and median values of ground-level atmospheric electricity, including the atmospheric electric field, current density components and air conductivity under the …

Oct 15, 2024 · The present study illustrates the microphysical parameters of nimbostratus clouds during the Indian summer monsoon using airborne and radar observations conducted as part …