stratiform
Adjective
Meaning
Having the form of strata.
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Cirrocumulus in its pure form is actually a high cumuliform genus, and cirrostratus is stratiform, like altostratus and lower based sheet clouds.
Cumuliform clouds forming in the lower level were given the genus name cumulus from the Latin word for heap, citation and low stratiform clouds the genus name stratus from the Latin word for sheet or layer.
Stratocumuliform and stratiform clouds in the high étage carry the prefix cirro-, yielding the respective genus names cirrocumulus (Cc) and cirrostratus (Cs).
These were respectively stratocumuliform and stratiform cloud genera of a newly defined middle étage above stratocumulus and stratus but below cirrocumulus and cirrostratus.
Low stratocumuliform, stratiform, and cumuliform genera Low-étage clouds are found from near surface up to convert.
Ragged stratiform and cumuliform species The species fractus shows variable instability because it can be a subdivision of genus-types of different physical forms that have different stability characteristics.