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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > TROPOSPHERIC/LOW LEVEL CLOUDS (OBSERVED/ANALYZED) > STRATOCUMULUS > STRATOCUMULUS CUMILIFORMIS > STRATOCUMULUS MAMMATUS

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STRATOCUMULUS MAMMATUS  

Definition

  • Hanging protuberances, like pouches, on the undersurface of a cloud. This supplementary cloud feature occurs mostly with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, and cumulonimbus; in the case of cumulonimbus, mamma generally appear on the underside of the anvil (incus). American Meteorological Society (http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page) (en)

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  • 2013-02-14 10:22:25.0 [mpmorahan] Insert Concept add broader relation (STRATOCUMULUS MAMMATUS [3adff54b-cfc7-4ba0-ba06-7a06b8c4876a,82239] - STRATOCUMULUS CUMILIFORMIS [5857260b-1de6-47c2-8f66-5c0dbac42e32,82235]);
  • 2013-03-21 13:46:16.0 [mpmorahan] insert Definition (id: null text: Hanging protuberances, like pouches, on the undersurface of a cloud. This supplementary cloud feature occurs mostly with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, and cumulonimbus; in the case of cumulonimbus, mamma generally appear on the underside of the anvil (incus). American Meteorological Society (http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page) language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/3adff54b-cfc7-4ba0-ba06-7a06b8c4876a

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