 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1895 - 318 pages
...(changing to S-Cn.) at the centre of the group; at the margin they form into liner flakes (changing to Ci-Cu.). They often spread themselves out in lines in one or two directions. 5. ALTO-STRATUS (AS.). A thick sheet of a grey or bluish colour, showing a brilliant patch in the neighbourhood... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1895 - 322 pages
...(changing to S-Cu.) at the centre of the group ; at the margin they form into finer flakes (changing to Ci-Cu.). They often spread themselves out in lines in one or two directions. 5. ALTO-STRATUS (AS.). A thick sheet of a grey or bluish colour, showing a brilliant patch in the neighbourhood... | |
 | Sir John Eliot - 1900 - 334 pages
...Cu. ) at the centre of the group ; at the margin they form into finer flakes ( changing to Ci. Cu. ). They often spread themselves out in lines in one or two directions. 5. Alto-stratus (AS). — A thick sheet of a grey or bluish color, showing a brilliant patch in the... | |
 | Henry Taylor - 1904 - 412 pages
...(changing to S.-Cu.) at the center of the group; at the margin they form into finer flakes (changing to Ci.-Cu.). They often spread themselves out in lines in one or two directions. 5. Alto-Stratus (A.-S.) — A thick sheet of a gray or bluish color, showing a brilliant patch in the... | |
 | Herbert B. Mason - 1908 - 752 pages
...(changing to S.-Cu.) at the centre of the group. At the margin they form into finer flakes (changing to Ci.-Cu.). They often spread themselves out in lines in one or two directions. Alto-Stratus (A. -S.). — A thick sheet of a grey or bluish colour, which shows a brilliant patch... | |
 | Austin Melvin Knight - 1910 - 956 pages
...(changing to S.-Cu.) at the center of tl group; at the margin they form into finer flakes (changing to Ci.-Cu They often spread themselves out in lines in one or two directions. 5. Alto-Stratus (A.-S.). — A thick sheet of a gray or bluish color, sho\ ing a brilliant patch in... | |
 | Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain), William Marriott - 1911 - 86 pages
...(resembling St.•Cu.) at the centre of the group, but the thickness of the layer varies. At times the masses spread themselves out and assume th•e...themselves out in lines in one or two directions. 6. STRATO • CUMULUS (St.•Cu.). Large globular masses or rolls of dark clouds often covering the whole... | |
 | 1913 - 360 pages
...compact (resembling St.-Cu.) at the center of the group, but the thickness of the layer varies. At times the masses spread themselves out and assume the appearance...lines in one or two directions. 6. Strato-cumulus (St.-Cn.). — Large globular masses or rolls of dark clouds often covering the whole sky, especially... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1916 - 912 pages
...generally larger and more compact at the center of the group; at the margin they form into finer flakes. They often spread themselves out in lines in one or two directions. 5. ALTO-STRATUS (A.-S.). — A thick sheet of a gray or bluish color, showing a brilliant patch in... | |
 | Hollis Leroy Müller - 1917 - 318 pages
...groups or lines and often so closely packed that their edges appear confused. 4. (a) Strata-cumulus. Large globular masses or rolls of dark clouds, often covering the whole sky, especially in winter. (b) Cumulus. Wool pack clouds. Thick clouds of which the upper surfaces are dome-shaped and which exhibit... | |
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St.-Cu.) at the center of the group, but the thickness of the layer varies. At times the masses spread themselves out and assume the appearance of small waves or thin slightly curved plates. At the margin they form into finer flakes (resembling Ci.-Cu.). 
