clouds

     

A clou is a visible mass of droplets or frozen crystals floating in the atmosphere above the surface of the Earth or another planetary body. A cloud is also a visible mass attracted by gravity (clouds can also occur as masses of material in interstellar space, where they are called interstellar clouds and nebulae.) The branch of meteorology in which clouds are studied is nephology.

Trivia about clouds

  • Fractus, congestus & humilis are terms used to describe these aerial formations
  • Most of these are in the troposphere & there are over 100 different types, such as cumulonimbus
  • Nephology is the branch of meteorology that studies these, nimbus or otherwise
  • The "Sea of" these, whether altostratus or cirrocumulus
  • In 1803 Luke Howard coined names for types of them, including cumulus & stratus
  • Names for types of these, including cirrus & nimbus were coined in 1803 by British meteorologist Luke Howard
  • Altocumulus & nimbostratus are middle types of these; is it weird I always see nuns when I look at them?
  • These formed a "cover" overhead & forced the cancellation of a Feb. 7, 2010 Space Shuttle launch
  • The overall effect of these, especially thick stratocumulus ones, is to cool the Earth's surface
  • After classes of these were categorized numerically, number "nine" became a synonym for euphoria
  • Venus' surface is hard to view from Earth because it's completely covered in these

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