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Cirriform rotor cloud observed on a Canadian Arctic ice cap
...Canadian Arctic on 21 April 1996. The cloud consisted of thin cirriform layers, so that its motion was clearly observed. By means...Blake 1997, personal communication). The cloud is then of cirriform nature [cf. Geer (1996)]. Figure 3 shows successive... |
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Research by J.A. Deleongonzalez and colleagues in marine biology provides new...
...new species is characterized by seven modified parapodia, cirriform ventral cirri on the anterior 16 to 19 chaetigers, subacicular hooks beginning from chaetigers 43 to 57, and cirriform interramal processes on chaetigers 7-10 to 16-18 transformed... |
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High Cloud Properties from Three Years of MODIS Terra and Aqua Collection-4...
...The MODIS-derived high clouds are classified as cirriform and deep convective clouds using the International...Climatology Project (ISCCP) classification scheme. Cirriform clouds make up more than 80% of the total high clouds... |
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A general approach for deriving the properties of cirrus and stratiform ice...
...J. Atmos. Sci., 29, 1348-1357. [Reference] ___, 1975: Cirrus uncinus generating cells and the evolution of cirriform clouds. Part I: Aircraft observations of the growth of the ice phase. J. Atmos. Sci., 32, 799-808. ___, and... |
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In situ observation of cirrus scattering phase functions with 22(deg) and...
...Atmospheric Electricity, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 126-128. Heymsfield, A. J., 1986: Ice particles observed in a cirriform cloud at -83degC and implications for polar stratospheric clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 851-855. 1993: Microphysical... |
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Oscillations of the tropical storm canopy
...vigorous convection near the vortex center penetrates vertically to the tropopause and spreads radially outward to form a cirriform canopy. A number of studies have revealed a strong diurnal (24-h period) cycle in the horizontal areal extent of the... |
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Daily hurricane variability inferred from GOES infrared imagery
...vigorous convection near the vortex center penetrates vertically to the tropopause and spreads radially outward to form a cirriform canopy (Merritt and Wexler 1967). The canopy generally exists throughout the lifetime of the storm, provided that convection... |
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Feature Extraction from Whole-Sky Ground-Based Images for Cloud-Type Recognition
...76% when five different sky conditions are considered: clear, low cumuliform clouds, stratiform clouds (overcast), cirriform clouds, and mottled clouds (altocumulus, cirrocumulus). Discussion on the future directions of this research is also... |
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Changes in Low Cloudiness over China between 1971 and 1996
...in several cloud types may constitute or be included in a change in the total cloud amount. Cumuliform, stratiform, and cirriform clouds can change in different ways. Such variations complicate investigations of relationships between trends in total cloud... |
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Partial panel: Aye, aye, sir!
...front? Pilots don't feel the need to bring things back from trips and take them to a taxidermist. "That's a pretty good cirriform cloud you got there over the fireplace, Hal." "Yeah, got that one on my last trip to Boysenville." On the other hand... |
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