- Clouds and Precipitation
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Introduces a number of cloud classifications, different types of precipitation, and the mechanisms responsible for producing them.
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/home.rxml
- Cloud Appreciation Society
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Founded on the belief that clouds are unjustly maligned and that life would be immeasurably poorer without them. Includes a gallery of cloud photos as well as a Cloud of the Month feature.
www.cloudappreciationsociety.org
- Cloud Boutique
Provides explanations of, and access to, detailed pictures of some basic cloud forms. From the Plymouth State College Meteorology Program.
vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html
- Cloud Types: Common Cloud Classifications
Clouds are classified into a system that uses Latin words to describe the appearance of clouds as seen by an observer on the ground.
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/home.rxml
- International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
Established to collect and analyze satellite radiance measurements to infer the global distribution of clouds, their properties, and their diurnal, seasonal, and interannual variations.
isccp.giss.nasa.gov
- Dan's Wild Wild Cloud Gallery
Photo gallery accompanied by links to online learning activities.
www.wildwildweather.com/clouds.htm
- USA TODAY: Understanding Clouds and Fog
Introduction to the most prominent features of the sky that reflect both weather patterns and play a role in what the weather does.
www.usatoday.com/weather/wcloud0.htm
- CloudSat@
Learn about CloudStat, a satellite designed to study the Earth's precipitation and cloud cover. Find sites from NASA and Colorado State University's Department of Atmospheric Science.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Missions/CloudSat
- Mammatus Clouds
Details of the spectacular, sagging, pouch-like structures.
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/oth/mm.rxml
- S'COOL: On-Line Cloud Chart
NASA introductory guide to the different types of clouds for school children.
asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/cldchart.html
- Center for Clouds, Chemistry, and Climate (C4)
Working to develop the theoretical, observational, and modeling framework for representing cloud, aerosol, and chemical processes and their related climate forcing for the prediction of global and regional climate changes.
www-c4.ucsd.edu
- Views of the Solar System: Clouds From Space
Photographs from space shuttle missions capturing different currents, formations, and systems of clouds covering Earth.
www.solarviews.com/eng/cloud1.htm
- Howard, Luke (1772-1864) (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Clouds/Howard__Luke__1772_1864_
- Cloud Case, The
Teacher's guide and interactive online lesson about how clouds form through the principles of condensation and evaporation.
weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/cloudless/teachers.html
- Chitambo
Offers an image bank of clouds with brief descriptions.
www.chitambo.com
- FAQ - Bad Clouds
Responses to questions posed over the years by readers of the Bad Meteorology pages.
www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadFAQ/BadCloudsFAQ.html
- Winter Cloud Experiment (WINCE)
A project to develop techniques for differentiating low level clouds from snow and ice covered terrain.
cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/wince/wince.html
- Morning Glory
Soaring an amazing wave formation (roll cloud) in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
www.dropbears.com/brough
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