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Water Innovations: Chile's Camanchaca
Stratocumulus, or layered, clouds do form and a cover of fog, known locally as the camanchaca, often flows inland from offshore. However, the camanchaca and the stratocumulus clouds lack ... and the more moderate Mediterranean climate of central Chile. Space Shuttle Photograph of stratocumulus clouds over the mountains of Norte Chico For several decades Caleta Chungungo was supplied ...
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Space Shuttle Photo - Chile
Norte Chico region of Chile. Caleta Chungungo, a fishing village, lies beneath the clouds in the upper center ...
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NCAR Earth System Research: Climate Change and Water Cycle Issues
It eventually rises into cooler regions, condenses into clouds, and falls as precipitation. In time, the water evaporates again, continuing the cycle ... , when water vapor condenses into clouds, the effects become anything but straightforward. Low-forming stratocumulus clouds block sunlight and cool the planet, whereas high-forming cirrus clouds have a warming effect ...
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planetwork.net | Global Cooling
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, who first published the idea, which involves seeding marine clouds to increase their reflectivity. We propose to assess and develop a scheme for ... enhancement of marine stratocumulus clouds. Atmos. Res. 82, 328-336. 4. A.Jones, J.Latham and M.H.Smith, 2007. Radiative Forcing due to Modification of Marine Stratocumulus Clouds. (currently unpublished). 5. ...
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Hooked Cirrus Royal Meteorological Society UK, Weather and Climate
The passage of a warm front is marked by a change of cloud type to Stratus or Stratocumulus. The passage of an occluded front is marked by a change from Nimbostratus to Cumulonimbus clouds. Demonstrations and experiments of supersaturation and supercooling ...
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