Learning about cloud tops
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The message of the clouds – Lesson 4: Cloudbase and cloud tops

6 December, 2024, by Bastienne Wentzel

This is part of the Masterclass: Understanding the Sky – The message of the clouds

In this lesson you will see that cloudbase is often roughly at the same height, but cloud tops are not. Why is that and...

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