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cirrus
- Definição1
- Detached clouds in the form of white, delicate filaments or white or mostly white patches or narrow bands. These clouds have a fibrous (hair-like) appearance, or a silky sheen, or both.
- Fonte1
- WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. International Meteorological vocabulary. 2nd ed. Geneva, 1992. (WMO, n.182). Disponível em: < https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=220#.XeauGOhKiUk >. Acesso em: 08 jun. 2021.
- Fonte2
- ESTADOS UNIDOS. Federal Aviation Administration. Advisory circular: aviation weather. [Washington, DC]: FAA, 23 aug. 2016. (AC n. 00-6B).
- Nota adicional1
- Acronym in English: Ci.
- Nota adicional2
- They are high clouds, which occur at above 20,000 ft (6 km) height. Cirrus clouds are composed of thin crystals or needles of ice, not droplets of water.
- Contexto
- When near the horizon, cirrostratus may be impossible to distinguish from cirrus.
- Subárea1
- Aeronautical Meteorology
- Related Term
- cirrocumulus
- cirrostratus
- cumulusnimbus
- stratocumulus
- stratus
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List of cloud types.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cloud_types#/media/File:Cloud_types_en.svg
