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[[Earth:ClCloud List of cloud types|genera]] and selected species, supplementary features, and other airborne hydrometeors - WMO Latin terminology except where indicated

Mesospheric

Extreme-level
80-85 km

Noctilucent (NLC) polar mesospheric clouds	Noctilucent Polar mesospheric clouds

Stratospheric

Very High-level
15-30 km

Nacreous clouds	Nacreous
Nitric acid and water polar stratospheric clouds (PSC)	Nitric acid and water polar stratospheric clouds

Tropospheric

High-level
3-18 km

Cirrus (Ci)

Species	Cirrus castellanus (Ci cas) Cirrus fibratus (Ci fib) Cirrus floccus (Ci flo) Cirrus spissatus (Ci spa) Cirrus uncinus (Ci unc)
Ci only varieties	Cirrus intortus (Ci in) Cirrus vertebratus (Ci ve)

Cirrocumulus (Cc)

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

Cirrostratus (Cs)

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

High-level only
accessory and other

(Homomutatus (homut) Contrail)

Medium-level
2-8 km

Altocumulus (Ac)

Species	Altocumulus castellanus (Ac cas) Altocumulus floccus (Ac flo) Altocumulus lenticularis (Ac len) Altocumulus stratiformis (Ac str) Altocumulus volutus (Ac vol)

Altostratus (As)

Nimbostratus (Ns)

Low-level
0-2 km

Cumulonimbus (Cb)

Species	Cumulonimbus calvus (Cb cal) Cumulonimbus capillatus (Cb cap)
Cb Only Supplementary features	Cumulonimbus cauda ((cau) Tail cloud) Cumulonimbus incus (inc) Cumulonimbus murus ((mur) Wall cloud)
Cb only Accessories & Other	Cumulonimbus flumen ((Cb flu) Beaver tail) Overshooting top Hot tower

Cumulus (Cu)

Species	Fractus Cumulus humilis (Cu hum) Cumulus mediocris (Cu med) Cumulus congestus (Cu con) (ICAO term Towering cumulus [Tcu])
Other	Horseshoe

Stratus (St)

Species	Stratus fractus (St fra) Stratus nebulosus (St neb)
St only Accessories & Other	Stratus silvagenitus (St sil) Fog

Stratocumulus (Sc)

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

Low-level only
supplementary features

Arcus ((arc) Shelf)

Tuba ((tub) Funnel cloud)

Low-level only
accessory and other

Pileus (pil)

Velum (vel)

Flammagenitus (flgen)

Cataractagenitus (cagen)

Non-height
specific

Varieties	Duplicatus (du) Lacunosus (la) Opacus (op) Perlucidus (pe) Radiatus (ra) Translucidus (tr) Undulatus (un)
Supplementary features	Asperitas (asp) Cavum (cav) Fluctus (flu) Mamma (mam) Praecipitatio (pra) Virga (vir)
accessory and other	Accessory cloud Pannus (pan) Homogenitus (hogen) Actinoform cloud

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