| A Catalogue of Cloud Types Including Extreme-Level, High-Level, Medium Level, Low-Level, and Vertical Clouds Contributor(s): Sing, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1286076285 ISBN-13: 9781286076286 Publisher: Webster's Digital Services OUR PRICE: $22.28 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2012 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (0.82 lbs) 204 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Clouds can be divided into three main categories based upon the Latin root words which refer to the process of formation and physical structure of the clouds. The first of the three is cirrus, which has only one genus and therefore shares the same name. It is in the high altitude range and occurs mostly in the form of filaments. The other two are stratus that are mostly sheet-like in structure, and cumulus that appear heaped, rolled, and/or rippled. Stratus and cumulus occur in the high, medium, and low levels of the troposphere, so each of these categories have several cloud genera. This book studies various types of clouds including cirrus cloud, contrail, alto-stratus cloud, and funnel cloud. Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge. |