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| title = Cloud genera and selected species, supplementary features, and other airborne hydrometeors - WMO Latin terminology except where indicated

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| group1 = Mesospheric

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| group1 = Extreme-level
80–85 km

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| group1 = Noctilucent (NLC)
Polar mesospheric clouds

| list1 =

• Noctilucent type I veils
• Noctilucent type II bands
• Noctilucent type III billows
• Noctilucent type IV whirls

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| group2 = Stratospheric

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| group1 = Very high-level
15–30 km

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| group1 = Nacreous polar stratospheric clouds (PSC)

| list1 =

• Cirriform nacreous
• Lenticular nacreous

| group2 = Nitric acid and water
polar stratospheric clouds (PSC)

| list2 =

• No differentiated sub-types; tends to resemble cirrostratus

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| group3 = Tropospheric

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| group1 = High-level
3–18 km

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| group1 = Cirrus (Ci)

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|group1 = Species

|list1 =

• Cirrus castellanus (Ci cas)
• Cirrus fibratus (Ci fib)
• Cirrus floccus (Ci flo)
• Cirrus spissatus (Ci spa)
• Cirrus uncinus (Ci unc)

|group2 = Ci-only varieties

|list2 =

• Cirrus intortus (Ci in)
• Cirrus vertebratus (Ci ve)

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| group2 = Cirrocumulus (Cc)

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|group1 = Species

|list1 =

• Cirrocumulus castellanus (Cc cas)
• Cirrocumulus floccus (Cc flo)
• Cirrocumulus lenticularis (Cc len)
• Cirrocumulus stratiformis (Cc str)

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| group3 = Cirrostratus (Cs)

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|group1 = Species

|list1 =

• Cirrostratus fibratus (Cs fib)
• Cirrostratus nebulosus (Cs neb)

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| group4 = High-level-only
mutatus cloud

| list4 =

• Mutatus non-height specific (see below)

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| group2 = Medium-level
2–8 km

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| group1 = Altocumulus (Ac)

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|group1 = Species

|list1 =

• Altocumulus castellanus (Ac cas)
• Altocumulus floccus (Ac flo)
• Altocumulus lacunosus (Ac la)
• Altocumulus lenticularis (Ac len)
• Altocumulus stratiformis (Ac str)
• Altocumulus volutus (Ac vol)

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| group2 = Altostratus (As)

| list2 =

• Altostratus undulatus

| group3 = Nimbostratus (Ns)
Multi-level

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| group1 = Varieties

| list1 =

• Nimbostratus virga (Ns vir)

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| group3 = Low-level
0–2 km

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| group1 = Cumulonimbus (Cb)
Towering vertical

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|group1 = Species

|list1 =

• Cumulonimbus calvus (Cb cal)
• Cumulonimbus capillatus (Cb cap)

|group2 = Cb-only supplementary features

|list2 =

• Cumulonimbus cauda ((cau) Tail cloud)
• Cumulonimbus incus (inc)
• Cumulonimbus murus ((mur) Wall cloud)

|group3 = Cb-only accessories and other

|list3 =

• Cumulonimbus flumen ((Cb flu) Beaver tail)
• Overshooting top
• Hot tower

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| group2 = Cumulus (Cu)
Variable vertical extent

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|group1 = Species

|list1 =

• Fractus
• Cumulus humilis (Cu hum)
• Cumulus mediocris (Cu med)
• (Cumulus congestus (Cu con) (Cumulus castellanus (unofficial alternative name for Cu con)) (ICAO term for Cu con and "Cu cas" is Towering cumulus [Tcu]))

|group2 = Other

|list2 =

• Horseshoe
• Trade wind cumulus

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| group3 = Stratus (St)

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|group1 = Species

|list1 =

• Stratus fractus (St fra)
• Stratus nebulosus (St neb)

|group2 = St-only genitus cloud and other

|list2 =

• Stratus silvagenitus (St sil)
• Fog (Fg) Surface level

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| group4 = Stratocumulus (Sc)

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|group1 = Species

|list1 =

• Stratocumulus castellanus (Sc cas)
• Stratocumulus floccus (Sc flo)
• Stratocumulus lenticularis (Sc len)
• Stratocumulus stratiformis (Sc str)
• Stratocumulus Undulatus
• Stratocumulus volutus (Sc vol)

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| group5 = Low-level-only
supplementary features

| list5 =

• Arcus ((arc) Shelf)
• Tuba ((tub) Funnel cloud)

| group6 = Low-level-only
accessory cloud and other

| list6 =

• Pileus (pil)
• Velum (vel)
• Pannus (pan)
• Other- Actinoform cloud (Stratocumulus)

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| group4 = Non-height
specific

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|group1 = Varieties

|list1 =

• Duplicatus (du)
• Lacunosus (la)
• Opacus (op)
• Perlucidus (pe)
• Radiatus (ra)
• Translucidus (tr)
• Undulatus (un)

|group2 = Supplementary features

|list2 =

• Asperitas (asp)
• Cavum (cav)
• Fluctus (flu)
• Mamma (mam)
• Praecipitatio (pra)
• Virga (vir)

|group3 = Mother clouds
and human-made clouds

|list3 =

• (Mother cloud)+genitus (e.g. cumulogenitus (cugen)
• (Mother cloud)+mutatus (e.g. cumulomutatus (cumut)
  
• Homogenitus (hogen)
• Homomutatus (homut)

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