Noun
a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples
Source: WordNetLayered altocumulus and cirrocumulus are physically more closely related to stratocumulus than to cumulus heaps. Source: Internet
Cirro-stratocumulus is therefore abbreviated to cirrocumulus and alto-stratocumulus is shortened to altocumulus. Source: Internet
Description Cirrus clouds merging to cirrocumulus clouds Cirrus cloud ranges in thickness from convert to convert, with an average thickness of convert. Source: Internet
It is occasionally seen with cirrocumulus and altocumulus of the species stratiformis, castellanus, and floccus, and with stratocumulus of the species stratiformis and castellanus. Source: Internet
Stratocumuliform and stratiform clouds in the high étage carry the prefix cirro-, yielding the respective genus names cirrocumulus (Cc) and cirrostratus (Cs). Source: Internet
Summary of high cloud genera A solar halo There are three main genera in the family of high clouds: cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Source: Internet