Cirrus Clouds (Ci)
Cirrus Fibratus
Cirrus Floccus
Cirrus Spissatus
Cirrus Strat_Undulatus
Cirrus Uncinus
Jetstream Cirrus
Jetstream Cirrus II
Thin Cirrus
Thick Cirrus
Cirrus near Aircraft
Tropical Cirrus
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Overview


Cirrus Stratiformis Undulatus


CiStrUnd1-3.jpg:
This layer of Cirrus clouds slowly developed in the late afternoon. It became denser and denser, until a significant part of the sky was covered.

CsUnd4.jpg and CsUnd5.jpg:
The wave structures of this Cirrus layer indicate strong turbulences in the upper troposphere. They most probably result from shearing between overlapping flows from different directions.

CiStrUnd1-3.jpg: S. Borrmann, Pulpit Rock (Kanzelhöhe), Carinthia, Austria, December 2001

CsUnd4+5.jpg: S. Borrmann, Ingelheim, Germany, 27 February 2002