 Woolpack Clouds — Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits protuberances, while the base is horizontal. These clouds appear to be formed by a diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always observable. When the cloud is...  Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections - Page 2231913Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Napier Shaw - 1926 - 394 pages
...are both low down on the horizon. Cumulus (Cu.), Woolpack or Cauliflower Cloud. Thick cloud of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits protuberances while the base is generally horizontal. These clouds appear to be formed by ascensional movement of air in the day-time... | |
 | United States. Weather Bureau - 1932 - 84 pages
...(fig. 8). — Sometimes referred to as "wool-pack clouds." Thick clouds of which the upper surface exhibits protuberances, while the base is horizontal....appear to be formed by a diurnal ascensional movement of the air which is always noticeable. True cumulus has well defined upper and lower limits, but in... | |
 | Great Britain. Meteorological Office - 1926 - 198 pages
...(Fr.•Nb.). (Plate XVIII.) 8. Cumulus (Cu.) (Woolpack or Cauliflower Cloud). — Thick cloud of which the upper surface is dome•shaped and exhibits protuberances while the base is generally horizontal. These clouds appear to be formed by ascensional movement of air in the daytime... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1894 - 634 pages
...WOOL-PACK CLOUDS. Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits prolubrrancft while the base is horizontal. These clouds appear...diurnal ascensional movement which is almost always observable. When the cloud is opposite to the siifo, the surfaces usually presented to tho observer... | |
 | 1928 - 40 pages
...Some times referred to as " woolpack clouds." Thick clouds of which the upper surface is dome shaped and exhibits protuberances, while the base is horizontal....appear to be formed by a diurnal ascensional movement of the air which is almost always noticeable. True cumulus has well defined upper and . lower limits,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1924 - 730 pages
...leeward mountain slope. 8. Cumulus (Cu.). — "WoolpacJc or Cauliflower Cloud. — Thick cloud of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits protuberances while the base is generally horizontal. These clouds appear to be formed by ascensional movement of air in the daytime... | |
 | 1922 - 918 pages
...leeward mountain slope. 8. Cumulus (Cu. ). — "Woolpack or Cauliflower Cloud. — Thick cloud of which the upper surface is dome-shaped and exhibits protuberances while the base is generally horizontal. These clouds appear to be formed by ascensional movement of air in the daytime... | |
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