ESS220
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Cloud Types
Based On Height
If based on cloud base height, the ten principal
cloud types can then grouped into
four cloud types:
ü High clouds -- cirrus, cirrostratus, cirroscumulus.
ü Middle clouds – altostratus and altocumulus
ü Low clouds – stratus, stratocumulus, and nimbostartus
ü Clouds with
extensive vertical development – cumulus and
cumulonimbus.
(from
“The Blue Planet”)
