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What is Stratus?

A type of low-altitude cloud that forms in uniform layers, often covering the entire sky and producing overcast conditions.

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Glossary

The reflectance rate of a surface, indicating the amount of electromagnetic radiation reflected from the surface. It depends...

Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.

A middle cloud type within the B family in the international cloud classification. These clouds consist of water droplets...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A line of severe thunderstorms that can form along or ahead of a cold front, often producing strong winds and heavy rain.

A mass of very cold, dry air that mostly originates over the Arctic Ocean.

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

Local winds that blow from slopes to peaks as a result of the heating of the top slopes without being affected by general...

The term 'cloudy' refers to weather conditions characterized by a significant amount of cloud cover in the sky. This may...