Cloud Identification

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Cloud Identification
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• 4 Levels of Clouds
• High Clouds6000 meters and above
• Middle Clouds2000 meters to 7000 meters
• Low CloudsBelow 2000 meters
• Vertical Clouds Up to 15,000 meters

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• High Clouds (Cirro-high clouds)
• Cirrus-Cirrostratus-Cirrocumulus
• Middle Clouds (Alto-middle clouds)
• Altostratus-Altocumulus
• Low Clouds
• Stratus-Stratocumulus-Nimbostratus
• Vertical Clouds
• Cumulus-Cumulonimbus

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Stratus
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Nimbostratus
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Stratocumulus
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Cumulus
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Cumulonimbus
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Altocumulus
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Altostratus
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Cirrostratus
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Cirrus
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Cirrocumulus