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10-18-2011, 08:10 AM
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What Causes Undulatus Clouds? Asperitas and Other Cloud Types
Asperitas, formerly proposed under the name undulatus asperatus, was added to the World Meteorological Organization's International Cloud Atlas on March 23, 2017. It was classified as a supplementary cloud feature rather than a new cloud type, marking the atlas's first addition since 1951. It appears as a rough, turbulent underside with pronounced wave-like structures. The cloud formations represented include Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, cirrus radiatus, shelf clouds classified as arcus, mammatus, Morning Glory roll clouds, lenticular clouds, a cumulonimbus incus or anvil, noctilucent clouds, asperitas and polar stratospheric clouds. Kelvin-Helmholtz waves form where layers of air moving at different speeds shear past one another. The collection spans several locations and dates rather than documenting a single weather event. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |