cloud
Let an agent identify and describe clouds by genus, altitude and weather significance, and separate them from cloud computing.
Research draft, second pass
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent identify and describe clouds by genus, altitude and weather significance, and separate them from cloud computing.
A visible mass of liquid droplets or ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, classified by altitude and form into genera such as cirrus, cumulus and stratus, with species and varieties.
What it is for: Clouds signal weather and affect climate and light.
It can be identify cloud types; read weather signs; report observations; photograph them.
Distinguishing features
Suspended droplets or ice
Genera, species and varieties
Signal weather
Cloud computing is another sense
What it looks like
White to grey masses, sheets or wisps in the sky.
Physical character
cloud base (low clouds): below 2000 m - mid-latitudes
cloud top (cumulonimbus): up to about 15000 m
How it is recognised
Ten genera by form and altitude
Species such as capillatus or calvus
Varieties such as duplicatus
Related models
is a kind of - category
produces - precipitation
is classified by - standard
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
high clouds: cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus
middle clouds: altocumulus, altostratus, nimbostratus
low clouds: stratocumulus, stratus
convective clouds: cumulus, cumulonimbus
anthropogenic clouds such as contrails
Identifiers
WMO cloud code genus abbreviations such as Cb, Cu, Ci observations
Standards and regulation
WMO International Cloud Atlas
Failure modes and hazards
Missing thunderstorm signs
Low cloud hazards for aviation
Also called
+17
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.cloud-object
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identification Which cloud.
The Atlas classifies clouds.
Genus
Ten genera.
Genus
Genus.
- Which cloud genus is it? definition
- Which species and variety? definition
Altitude
Height.
Altitude
Altitude.
- How high is the cloud base? measurement
- From which observation? provenance
Weather What it signals.
Clouds forecast weather.
Signs
Forecast.
Signs
Weather signs.
- What weather does this cloud suggest? definition
- Is a storm likely? boundary
Warnings
Official.
Warnings
Official warnings.
- Are official warnings in force? provenance
- What should be done? action
Climate Effects.
Clouds shape climate.
Radiation
Warming and cooling.
Radiation
Radiative effect.
- Does this cloud type warm or cool the surface? definition
- How certain is it? measurement
Human-made
Contrails.
Human-made
Anthropogenic clouds.
- Is it a contrail or other anthropogenic cloud? definition
- What is its climate effect? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Cloud has other senses.
Computing
Cloud services.
Computing
Computing sense.
- Is cloud computing meant instead? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Observation
Reporting.
Observation
Observations.
- How can observations be reported? action
- To which network? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should genera be separate entries?
- How should species and varieties be linked?
- How should the computing sense be split off?