Noun
stratocumulus (plural stratocumuli)
(meteorology) A principal low-level cloud type, predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous.
Accessory clouds, supplementary features, and other derivative formations Cumulus and stratocumulus made orange by the sun rising Supplementary features and accessory clouds are not further subdivisions of cloud types below the species and variety level. Source: Internet
Additionally, stratocumulus clouds reflect a large amount of the incoming sunlight, producing a net cooling effect. Source: Internet
Another variety, duplicatus (closely spaced layers of the same type, one above the other), is sometimes found with cirrus of both the fibratus and uncinus species, and with altocumulus and stratocumulus of the species stratiformis and lenticularis. Source: Internet
Layered altocumulus and cirrocumulus are physically more closely related to stratocumulus than to cumulus heaps. 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
All three are associated with the stratiformis species of altocumulus and stratocumulus. Source: Internet