Infobox Cloud name Cumulonimbusincus image location Anvil shaped cumulus panorama edit crop.jpg image name Cumulonimbus capillatus incus abbreviation Cb inc. genus Cumulonimbus heap, cloud severe rain species Incus anvil level vertical altitude Ground to 23,000 meters 75,000 feet appearance Large flat top cloud precipitation Yes, often intense A cumulonimbusincus Latin incus , anvil is a cumulonimbus cloud which has reached the level of tropopause stratospheric stability and has formed the characteristic flat, anvil top shape. It can cause a supercell and then a tornado . A cumulonimbusincus is a sub form of cumulonimbus capillatus . Hazards A cumulonimbusincus is a mature thunderstorm cloud and can produce many dangerous elements. Lightning this storm cloud is capable of producing bursts of cloud to ground lightning. Hail small hail balls may fall from this cloud. Heavy rain the cloud may drop several inches of rain in a short amount of time. This could cause flash flood ing Strong wind gale force winds from a downburst may occur under this cloud. Classification This is a powerful cumulonimbus cloud. If the correct atmospheric conditions are met, they can grow into a supercell storm. This cloud may be a single cell storm or it may be one cell in a multi cell storm. They are capable of producing severe storm conditions for a short amount of time. gallery Image Anvil cumulus feb 2007.jpg Anvil Cumulonimbusincus, February 2007 Image Cumulonimbusincus cloud.jpg Cumulonimbusincus Image Cumulonimbusincus cloud Jan2008.jpg Cumulonimbusincus with little precipitation observed Image Cumulonimbusincus mykonos.jpg Single cell Cumulonimbusincus Mykonos Greece, June 2009 gallery ... Cb inc Cloud types Climate stub Category Cumulus ca Cumulonimbusincus cs Incus de Incus Wolke es Cumulonimbusincus fr Cumulonimbusincus gl Incus ja no Amboltsky nn Amboltsky sk Cumulonimbusincus fi Cumulonimbusincus sv Incus tr Cumulonimbusincus ... more details
about ossicle Incus Records Infobox Bone Name PAGENAME Latin GraySubject 231 GrayPage 1044 Image Gray917.png Caption Left incus. A. From within. B. From the front. Image2 Gray915.png Caption2 Auditory tube , laid open by a cut in its long axis. Map Middle ear map MapPos Incus MapCaption Bones and muscles in the tympanic cavity in the middle ear Precursor 1st branchial arch ref EmbryologyUNC hednk 023 ref Origins Insertions Articulations MeshName Incus MeshNumber A09.246.397.247.362 The incus or anvil is the anvil shaped small bone or ossicles ossicle in the middle ear . Incus means anvil in Latin. It connects the malleus to the stapes . It was first described by Alessandro Achillini of Bologna. The incus transmits sound vibrations from the malleus to the stapes . The incus only exists in mammals, and Evolution of mammalian auditory ossicles is derived from a reptilian upper jaw bone , the quadrate bone . Embryologically it is derived from the first pharyngeal arch along with the rest of the bones of mastication, such as the maxilla and Human mandible mandible . Additional images gallery Image Gray43.png Head and neck of a human embryo eighteen weeks old, with Meckel s cartilage and hyoid bar exposed. Image Gray907.png External and middle ear, opened from the front. Right side. Image Gray919.png Chain of ossicles and their ligaments, seen from the front in a vertical, transverse section of the tympanum. Image Illu auditory ossicles.jpg Ossicles gallery See also Evolution of mammalian auditory ossicles References references External links http www.anatomywiz.com?Incus1 The Anatomy Wiz Incus musculoskeletal stub Auditory system HumanBones Category Bones of the head and neck Category Auditory system Category Ear zh min nan Tiam kut br Annev askorn ca Enclusa os cs Kovadlinka da Ambolt knogle de Amboss Anatomie es Yunque hueso fa fr Enclume os hr Nakovanj uho id Tulang landasan it Incudine anatomia la Incus os nl Gehoorbeentje Aambeeld pl Kowade ko pt Bigorna osso ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Cloud name Cumulonimbus calvus image location Cloud over the horizon.jpg image name Cumulonimbus calvus abbreviation Cb calv. symbol CL 3.png genus Cumulonimbus heap, cloud severe rain species Calvus bald altitude level vertical appearance tall clouds with puffy rounded tops precipitation Yes Cumulonimbus calvus is a moderately tall cumulonimbus cloud which is capable of Precipitation meteorology precipitation , but has not yet reached the height where it forms into a cumulonimbus capillatus fibrous top or cumulonimbusincus anvil top . Cumulonimbus calvus develops from cumulus congestus, and its further development under auspicious conditions will result in cumulonimbus capillatus . This cloud consists mainly of water droplets. By definition of cumulonimbus cloud , at its top water droplets are transformed into ice crystals, but for cumulonimbus calvus content of ice crystals is small and freezing is in early stage, so cloud top still looks round and puffy. Cumulonimbus calvus is characterized by distinctive between other types of cumulonimbus cloud rounded shape and relatively sharp edges of its top area, unlike cumulonimbusincus or cumulonimbus capillatus , which have cirriform tops. Developing cumulonimbus calvus loses sharp outlines of the top as more water droplets transform into ice crystals. Strong updrafts may form pileus meteorology pileus or thin vertical stripes protruding upwards out of the cloud. When upper part of the cloud freezes to greater extent and clearly visible cirriforms appears, cumulonimbus calvus turns into another species of cumulonimbus . Cumulonimbus calvus arcus is a sub type of cumulonimbus .... Image Wagga cb 7dec05.jpg thumb none 250px Cumulonimbus calvus with cloud to cloud lightning Cloud types DEFAULTSORT Cumulonimbus Calvus Category Cumulus Climate stub ca Cumulonimbus calvus es Cumulonimbus calvus fr Cumulonimbus calvus ja pl Cumulonimbus calvus sl Kumulonimbus calvus fi Cumulonimbus ... more details
Cleanup date August 2009 Refimprove date November 2008 Infobox Cloud name Cumulonimbus cloud image location Anvil shaped cumulus panorama edit crop.jpg image name Cumulonimbus capillatus incus abbreviation Cb symbol Clouds CL 9.svg genus Cumulonimbus heap, cloud severe rain species variety altitude m ... before it hits the ground Cumulonimbus Cb is a towering vertical cloud family D2 that is very tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorm s and other inclement weather . Cumulonimbus originates from ... dangerous weather. Cumulonimbus clouds form from cumulus cloud s namely from cumulus congestus cloud .... Appearance Image Cumulonimbus NOAA gov.jpg thumb right 250px Exceptionally clearly developed single cell Cumulonimbusincus displaying the classic anvil shape gusts will happen near and under it. The anvil is the flat layer at the top. The downdraft is the rainy area to the right. Cumulonimbus ..., grow vertically instead of horizontally, thus giving the cumulonimbus its mushroom shape. The base of a cumulonimbus can be several miles across, and it can be tall enough to occupy middle as well ... developed cumulonimbus clouds are also characterized by a flat, anvil like top anvil dome , caused .... All other clouds are dwarfed even compared to small cumulonimbus clouds. Species Arcus cloud Cumulonimbus arcus Cumulonimbus calvus cloud with puffy top, similar to cumulus congestus, but larger Cumulonimbus capillatus cloud with cirrus like, fibrous edged top Cumulonimbusincus subtype of Cumulonimbus capillatus , with flat anvil like top. Mammatus cloud Cumulonimbus mammatus Fractus cloud Cumulonimbus pannus Cumulonimbus pileus Cumulonimbus praecipitatio Funnel cloud Cumulonimbus tuba Cumulonimbus velum Virga Cumulonimbus virga Effects See also Severe weather Thunderstorm Cumulonimbus ... cloud structure exists until a cold downdraft preceding the cumulonimbus at ground level ... on the cumulonimbus cloud quickly degrades and dissipates, breaking into cumulus congestus , meaning ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2010 Cumulonimbus velum Cb vel from the Latin cumulonimbus , column rain velum , veil is a type of Cumulonimbus cloud cumulonimbus cloud, identified by its undulating, or sail like appearance. This cloud type is somewhat uncommon. This cloud was last reported on August 26, 2003 in Madrid . References Reflist Category Cumulus ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2011 Incus Records is an artist owned record label , founded by Derek Bailey guitarist Derek Bailey , Tony Oxley , Evan Parker and Michael Walters, specialising in the dissemination of free improvisation free improvised music. The first release on the label was The Topography of the Lungs , recorded by Bailey, Parker and Han Bennink in 1970. Walters and Oxley left the label shortly after its founding, after which it continued as a partnership between Bailey and Parker until a falling out between the two men in the mid 1980s. Bailey continued the label with Karen Brookman until his death in 2005 its first CD release was CYRO , a duo recording of Derek Bailey & Cyro Baptista. In later years the label has also issued videos, and limited edition CDRs intended largely for friends and faithful collectors. It relaunched with a new website and a full catalogue in early 2009. See also List of record labels External links http www.incusrecords.force9.co.uk Official site http www.incusrecords.force9.co.uk audio incus ad.mp3 Audio ad for Incus featuring Derek Bailey Category British independent record labels Category Free improvisation Category Record labels established in 1970 Category Jazz record labels UK record label stub ... more details
Infobox Ligament Name Posterior ligament of incus Latin ligamentum incudis posterius GraySubject GrayPage Image Caption Image2 Caption2 From incus To incus System MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre l 09 DorlandsSuf 12492350 The Posterior ligament of the incus is a fibrous band that connects the tip of the short crus of the incus to the Fossa anatomy fossa incudis. Category Head and neck Category Ligaments ligament stub Auditory and vestibular systems ... more details
Infobox Ligament Name Superior ligament of incus Latin ligamentum incudis superius GraySubject GrayPage Image Caption Image2 Caption2 From incus To malleus System MeshName MeshNumber DorlandsPre l 09 DorlandsSuf 12492356 The Superior ligament of the incus is a fibrous band that crosses from the body of the incus to the roof of the tympanic cavity just posterior to the superior ligament of the malleus . Category Ear Category Ligaments ligament stub Auditory and vestibular systems ... more details
wiktionarypar anvil An anvil is a tool used by metalworkers such as blacksmiths. Anvil may also refer to Anvil band , a heavy metal band Anvil The Story of Anvil , a documentary about the band Anvil bone , a bone in the ear Anvil insecticide , used against mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus Anvil pesticide , used against fleas and ticks Anvil game engine , a video game engine Jim The Anvil Neidhart , a wrestler Christopher Anvil , a pseudonym of writer Harry C. Crosby Anvil Island , British Columbia, Canada Anvil Video Research Tool , a tool for Automatic Video Annotation Anvil editor , a graphics editor used in the computer game Marathon Infinity http www.anvilstudio.com Anvil Studio , a List of MIDI editors and sequencers MIDI editor Anvil the Rhino, an List of Ace Lightning characters Anvil Ace Lightning character Anvil City, a former name of Nome, Alaska Anvil cloud or anvil dome, part of many cumulonimbus cloud s Anvil, part of the military tactic hammer and anvil Part of a stapler See also Operation Anvil disambiguation disambig de Incus fa fr Enclume it Incudine la Incus nl Anvil pl Kowad o ... more details
Image Cumulus pileus.jpg thumb right Pileus on a Cumulus cloud Cumulus cloud File Sarychev peak eruption.jpg thumb right Pileus forming over the ash cloud from the eruption of Sarychev Peak A pileus IPAc en icon p a l i s Latin for cap , also called scarf cloud or cap cloud , is a small, horizontal, altostratus cloud that can appear above a cumulus cloud cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud , giving the parent cloud a characteristic hoodlike appearance. Pilei tend to change shape rapidly. Fact date December 2008 They are formed by strong updraft s acting upon moist air at lower altitudes, causing the air to cool to its dew point . As such, they are usually indicators of severe weather , and a pileus found atop a cumulus cloud often foreshadows transformation into a cumulonimbus cloud, as it indicates a strong updraft within the cloud. Clouds that are attached to pilei are often given the suffix pileus or with pileus . For example, a cumulonimbus cloud with a pileus attached to it would be called cumulonimbus with pileus . Pilei can also form above ash cloud s and pyrocumulus cloud s from volcanic eruption erupting volcano es see the image to the right . Pilei form above some mushroom cloud s of high nuclear weapon yield yield nuclear detonation s in that context they are called ice caps . A sheet of altostratus cloud often is seen lower down in a cumulonimbus cloud , this is known as a velum cloud Forecast Pilei clouds indicate that the parent cloud is growing rapidly, has plenty of moisture, and is highly unstable. This means that the parent cloud could quickly grow to become a cumulonimbus cloud and continue to grow into a cumulonimbus incus cloud. These clouds can cause severe weather and sightings of pelei should be viewed as a warning of an impending storm. Pilei also indicate strong and possibly damaging winds. See also Atmospheric convection Lenticular cloud Helm Wind References Commons category Pileus clouds http www.wimp.com pileuscloud Video Video of pileus ... more details
An accessory cloud is a cloud which is dependent on a larger cloud system for its development and continuance. It is often an appendage but also can be adjacent to the parent cloud system. ref name Glossary of Meteorology cite book last Glickman first Todd S. title Glossary of Meteorology publisher American Meteorological Society month June year 2000 location Boston url http amsglossary.allenpress.com glossary ref Image Acessory cloud san diego.JPG thumb right 300px Accessory Cloud Left branching outward from a parent cloud system Right The arcus and roll cloud s, shelf cloud , wall cloud , and scattered cumulus under deck scud are examples of low level or vertical accessory clouds whilst the anvil cloud anvil , and overshooting top , are examples of high level accessory clouds. The condensation funnel of funnel cloud s and tornado es are also accessory clouds. They are associated with deep moist Atmospheric convection convection and especially cumulonimbus , the primary cloud producing thunderstorm s. The pileus and mammatus types can form at various altitude ranges depending on the main clouds with which they are associated. The World Meteorological Organization classifies most accessory clouds as supplementary features . The height range classification of a supplementary feature is the same as the parent cloud. As an example, the anvil cloud supplementary feature incus forms at high altitude but is not classisfied by the WMO as a high cloud because of its association with the genus cumulonimbus. ref cite web author World Meteorological Organization title WMO cloud classifications year 1995 url http www.weatheranswer.com public Clouds WMO.pdf accessdate 2012 01 23 authorlink World Meteorological Organization ref Precipitation It is very rare for any accessory cloud to generate its own precipitation. However, the parent cloud may generate precipitation. Precipitation from the parent cloud is often confused with the accessory cloud and observers think that the preci ... more details
. Genus cumulonimbus File Wagga Cumulonimbus.jpg thumb Cumulonimbus calvus File Cumulonimbusincus mykonos.jpg thumb Single cell Cumulonimbusincus File Cumulus congestus cloud.jpg thumb Cumulus congestus File Thunderstorm panorama.jpg thumb Arcus Abbreviation Cb Clouds of the genus cumulonimbus have .... WMO species Cumulonimbus calvus Cumulonimbus with high domed top. Cumulonimbus capillatus Cumulonimbus with high cirriform top. WMO Varieties none WMO supplementary features CumulonimbusincusCumulonimbus ... WMO genus and species Cb with cirriform top. Cumulonimbusincus WMO genus and supplementary feature .... One is cumulonimbus cloud cumulonimbus , the tenth genus type, and the other is cumulus congestus cloud ... vertical buildups including cumulonimbus cloud cumulonimbus . Continued upward growth suggests showers ... meteorology inversion layer at the tropopause. Cumulonimbus pileus Small cap like cloud over parent cumulonimbus cloud. Cumulonimbus mamma Cumulonimbus with mammatus consisting of bubble like protrusions on the underside caused by localized downdrafts. Cumulonimbus arcus including Arcus cloud ... with the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow. Cumulonimbus virga Cumulonimbus producing precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground. Cumulonimbus praecipitatio Cumulonimbus clouds producing precipitation that reaches the ground. Cumulonimbus tuba Column hanging from the bottom of cumulonimbus cloud. Cumulonimbus velum Cumulonimbus with a thin horizontal sheet that forms around the middle. Cumulonimbus pannus Cumulonimbus with lower layer of fractus species cloud forming in precipitation. Non WMO informal term Hot tower A tropical cumulonimbus cloud that penetrates the tropopause .... Cumulonimbus cloud Cumulonimbus cumulus and nimbus Latin for raincloud precipitation bearing heap ... out of cumulus clouds. Cumulonimbogenitus formed by the spreading out of cumulonimbus clouds. Duplicatus double partly merged layers of cloud. Incus anvil top part of Cb cloud, anvil shaped. Intortus ... more details
This article is about an instrument, for other uses see Field mill disambiguation . Image Field mill.jpg thumb right Field Mill installation at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A field mill is a specialized instrument used for measuring the strength of electrical fields in the atmosphere near thunderstorm clouds. They are used in the launch criteria for the Space Shuttle to avoid lightning strikes. They are also used in outdoor laboratories for lightning protection equipment to determine favorable experiment conditions. ref cite video title KAPOW Superhero Science url http science.discovery.com videos kapow superhero science controlled lightning.html medium Television Documentary publisher Discovery Network Actuality Productions date 2003 ref The mill is a typical rotating shutter design in the instrument. It is usually deployed airborne and flown through Cumulonimbus incus anvil head clouds to make measurements. KSC electric field mill network At Kennedy Space Center KSC in Florida, 31 field mills are deployed around KSC and the nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station . Data from the field mills help forecasters determine when electric charge aloft might trigger lightning during a launch. ref cite web url http thunder.msfc.nasa.gov validation validation.html KSC EFMN title KSC Electric Field Mill Network publisher NASA MSFC ref References references External links http www.missioninstruments.com pages learning about fm2.html About Electric Field Mill Operation http ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov uso ds docs camex4 c4gmipfm c4gmipfm dataset.html CAMEX 4 MIPS Field Mill http ams.allenpress.com amsonline ?request get abstract&doi 10.1175 2F1520 0426 1994 011 3C0738 AOAFMD 3E2.0.CO 3B2 Application of Airborne Field Mill Data for Use in Launch Support http www.spaceref.com news viewpr.html?pid 2194 Florida Airborne Field Mill Research May Improve Launch Weather Criteria http www.precisionstrobe.com jc fieldmill fieldmill.html Build a homemade field mill http www.foudre ineo.co ... more details
The maximum parcel level MPL is the highest level in the Earth s atmosphere atmosphere that a moist convection convectively rising air parcel will reach after ascending from the level of free convection LFC through the free convective layer FCL and reaching the equilibrium level EL , near the tropopause . As the parcel rises through the FCL it expands adiabatically causing its temperature to drop, often below the temperature of its surroundings, and eventually lose buoyancy . Because of this, the EL is approximately the region where the distinct flat tops called anvil s often observed on cumulonimbus cloud s form. If the air parcel ascended quickly enough then it retains momentum after it has cooled and continues rising past the EL, ceasing at the MPL visually represented by the overshooting top , above the anvil . See also Atmospheric convection Atmospheric thermodynamics Cumulonimbus incus External links http www.theweatherprediction.com habyhints 311 SKEW T A LOOK AT MPL http www.theweatherprediction.com habyhints 165 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL AND MAXIMUM PARCEL LEVEL References cite journal last Carpenter first Richard L., Jr. coauthors KK Droegemeier, and AM Blyth title Entrainment and Detrainment in Numerically Simulated Cumulus Congestus Clouds. Part I General Results journal Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences volume 55 issue 23 pages 3417 32 date Dec 1998 url http ams.allenpress.com perlserv ?request get abstract&issn 1520 0469&volume 055&issue 23&page 3417 doi 10.1175 1520 0469 1998 055 3417 EADINS 2.0.CO 2 year 1998 bibcode 1998JAtS...55.3417C cite journal last Carpenter first Richard L., Jr. coauthors KK Droegemeier, and AM Blyth title Entrainment and Detrainment in Numerically Simulated Cumulus Congestus Clouds. Part III Parcel Analysis journal Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences volume 55 issue 23 pages 3440 55 date Dec 1998 url http ams.allenpress.com perlserv ?request get abstract&doi 10.1175 2F1520 0469 1998 055 3C3440 3AEADINS 3E ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Company image caption background group or band alias origin instrument genre Free improvisation occupation Musical collective years active 1968 present label Incus Records associated acts website Company was an ever changing collection of free improvisation free improvising musicians. The concept was devised by guitarist Derek Bailey guitarist Derek Bailey in order to create challenging and artistically stimulating combinations of players who might not otherwise have had an opportunity to work together. At various times Company has included Evan Parker , Anthony Braxton , Tristan Honsinger , Misha Mengelberg , Lol Coxhill , Fred Frith , Steve Beresford , Steve Lacy , Jamie Muir , Johnny Dyani , Leo Smith trumpeter Leo Smith , Han Bennink , Eugene Chadbourne , Henry Kaiser musician Henry Kaiser , John Zorn , Buckethead , Georgina Born Georgie Born and many others. Company Weeks, annual week long free improvisational festivals organised by Bailey, ran from 1977 until 1994. Discography partial MultiCol 1971 The Music Improvisation Company 1968 1971 1976 Company 2 1976 Company 3 1977 Company 5 1977 Fictions 1978 Company 6 & 7 ColBreak 1980 Fables 1982 Epiphany Epiphanis 1983 Trios 1987 Once 1992 Company 91 three volumes 2001 Company in Marseille recorded 1999 Multicol end Sources http www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk labels incus cincuscd.html List of Incus CDs mainly Company or Derek Bailey related http www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk labels incus cincus.html List of Incus LPs mainly Company or Derek Bailey related Literature Derek Bailey Improvisation Its Nature and Practice in Music Da Capo Press 1992 Ben Watson Derek Bailey and the Story of Free Improvisation Verso 2004 External links http www.incusrecords.force9.co.uk Incus Records Official site for Company s record label Allmusic class artist id p38018 label Company Category Free improvisation ensembles Category Musical collectives Company free improvisation group jazz stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Topography of the Lungs Type studio Artist Evan Parker , Derek Bailey guitarist Derek Bailey & Han Bennink Cover TopographyOfTheLungsCover.jpg Released Recorded July 13, 1970 Genre Free jazz Length Label Incus Records Incus Producer Reviews Last album This album Next album The Topography of the Lungs was the first release on Incus Records , the record label founded by Derek Bailey guitarist Derek Bailey , Evan Parker and Tony Oxley . It is generally considered a milestone of the free improvisation genre. It was recorded in London on July 13, 1970, by Derek Bailey guitar , Evan Parker tenor and soprano saxophone , and Han Bennink percussion . The album consists of four tracks Titan Moon covering all of side one of the original Gramophone record LP , For Peter B & Peter K , Fixed Elsewhere , and Dogmeat . Original copies of the album came with a typed letter that stated blockquote The bulk of the revenue from any Incus recording will go directly to the musicians.... br Once the basic cost of each record is recovered, br thus providing the finance for the next, br the vast bulk of all income will be paid in royalties to the artists. br Incus has no intention of making profits in the conventional sense. blockquote The album s back cover consists of a collage of Encyclopedia pages and brief phrases such as Frederick Rzewski writes about free improvisation and makes sense and If you like to draw or paint, this booklet could help change your life. The album was reissued in 2006 by Evan Parker s label Psi, with two bonus tracks Found Elsewhere 1 and 2 . Controversially, the reissue was presented with new cover art, with Parker receiving the sole cover credit. DEFAULTSORT Topography Of The Lungs Category Free improvisation albums Category Incus Records albums Category Derek Bailey albums Category 1970 albums Category Evan Parker albums Category Han Bennink albums Category Co ... more details
, and stratocumulus. Incus is the most type specific supplementary feature, seen only with cumulonimbus of the species capillatus. A cumulonimbusincus cloud top is one that has spread out into a clear ... probably cumulonimbus In general, clouds form in the troposphere when one or more lifting agents ... the designation of a new free convective vertical genus type, cumulonimbus , which would be distinct ... Image Anvil cumulus feb 2007.jpg thumb Vertical family D2 cumulonimbus capillatus with anvil shaped incus supplementary feature. Higher layer of family A cirrus spissatus near top of image. Cumuliform ... prefixes. They comprise the genus cumulonimbus Cb and the cumulus species cumulus congestus Cu ... of cloud nomenclature, cumulonimbus is something of an anomaly. The cumuliform category designation ... considerable thickness despite not being a convective cloud like cumulonimbus, the other main precipitating ... clouds of the more freely convective cumulus and cumulonimbus genera, whose species are mainly ... species. With further instability, the cloud may continue to grow into cumulonimbus calvus essentially ..., nimbostratus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. When the precipitation reaches the ground .... Cumulonimbus, the largest of all cloud genera, has the capacity to produce very heavy showers. Low ... of virga. The heavier precipitating clouds, nimbostratus, towering cumulus cumulus congestus , and cumulonimbus ... File Sunset and Clouds.jpg thumb left Cumulonimbus dissipating at dusk These formations, along ... over a cumulonimbus or large cumulus cloud, whereas a velum feature is a thin horizontal sheet that sometime ... that may hang from the bottom of a cumulus or cumulonimbus. An arcus feature is a roll or shelf cloud ... Meterorological Organization during the 20th century. The best known is cumulonimbus with mammatus ... with cumulus and cumulonimbus. Conversely, nimbostratus is coded as middle because it usually ... Mamma. Mother clouds genitus Cirrocumulus, altocumulus, cumulonimbus C sub H sub 3 mutatus Cirrostratus ... more details
Infobox Cloud name Cirrus spissatus cloud image location Cirrus sky panorama.jpg image name Cirrus uncinus and Cirrus spissatus over Swifts Creek, Victoria. abbreviation Ci Spi genus Cirrus curl of hair and br spissatus optical phenomena species variety altitude m Above 6000 altitude ft Above 20,000 level high appearance fine threads or whisps precipitation No Cirrus spissatus clouds are the highest of the main cloud genera, and may sometimes even occur in the lower stratosphere . The characteristic features of cirrus cloud s are fine threads or wisps of ice crystals , generally white, but appearing grey when dense and seen against the light. No Precipitation meteorology precipitation at the ground. Frequently exhibits Optical phenomenon optical phenomena . Cirrus spissatus is the dense cirrus that will partly or completely hide the sun or Moon and which appears dark grey when seen against the light. Although it arises under various circumstances, it is particularly commonly found in the plumes or anvils of cumulonimbus cloud s. Precipitation likely within 15 to 25 hours if winds steady from NE E to S, or sooner if winds SE to S. Other winds bring an overcast sky. A different variety of cirrus spissatus also forms from phenomena that have nothing to do with cumulonimbus blow off or dissipating cumulonimbus cells. When dense cirrus is formed by other means than by cumulonimbus blow off or dissipating cumulonimbus clouds, it will frequently be seen as many dense patches at different levels cirrus spissatus duplicatus , often mixed with thin cirrus filaments. Another variety, cirrus spissatus intortus, is sometimes described as looking like entangled sheaves of cirrus clouds. When viewed toward the sun, the denser patches often have gray bases. See Also List of cloud types Sources http www.theweatherobserver.com 2005 09 21 cirrus spissatus ci spi http www.clouds online.com cloud atlas cirrus cirrus.htm http www.tpub.com content aerographer 14269 css 14269 34.htm Cirrus ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Monoceros Type Album Artist Evan Parker Cover MonocerosAlbum.jpg 200px Released Recorded 30 April 1978 Genre Jazz Length Label Incus Records Producer Numar Lubin Reviews Allmusic class album id r152404 rating 4.5 5 Last album At The Unity Theatre br 1975 This album Monocerus br 1978 Next album Ra 1 2 br 1978 Monoceros is an album of solo soprano saxophone improvisations by British jazz saxophonist Evan Parker . It was recorded directly to disk using the direct cut technique, with assistance from Numar Lubin, Gerald Reynolds and Michael Reynolds of Nimbus Records . It was initially released on Evan Parker and Derek Bailey guitarist Derek Bailey s Incus Records label in 1978, and later reissued on CD by the Chronoscope label. Track listing Monoceros 1 21 30 Monoceros 2 5 12 Monoceros 3 8 58 Monoceros 4 4 03 Personnel Evan Parker soprano saxophone Category Jazz albums Category Free improvisation albums Category 1978 albums Category Incus Records albums ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Snake Decides Type Studio album Artist Evan Parker Cover The Snake Decides.jpg 200px Released May 1988 Recorded 30 January 1986 Genre Jazz Length Label Incus Records Producer Reviews Allmusic class album id r145155 rating 4 5 Last album Atlanta Evan Parker album Atlanta br 1986 This album The Snake Decides br 1988 Next album Conic Sections album Conic Sections br 1989 The Snake Decides is an album by British jazz saxophonist Evan Parker . It was released in 1988 on Evan Parker and Derek Bailey guitarist Derek Bailey s Incus Records label and rereleased on the Psi label in 2003. The album features four saxophone solos, recorded by sound engineer Michael Gerzon . Penguin Guide to Jazz The Penguin Guide to Jazz has awarded the album one of its rare crown accolades, in addition to featuring it as part of its Core Collection. Track listing All compositions by Evan Parker The Snake Decides 19 56 Leipzig Folly 11 42 Buriden s Ass 6 29 Haine s Last Tape 6 01 Personnel Evan Parker saxophone DEFAULTSORT Snake Decides, The Category 1988 albums Category Incus Records albums Category Evan Parker albums ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Bicuspidella domain Eukaryota regnum Plantae divisio Chlorophyta classis Chlorophyceae ordo Chlorococcales familia Characiaceae genus Bicuspidella genus authority Pascher, 1932 type species Bicuspidella incus subdivision ranks Species biology Species ref name Algaebase cite web url http www.algaebase.org browse taxonomy ?id 5457 publisher AlgaeBase version 4.2 World wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway accessdate 2007 09 25 title Genus Bicuspidella taxonomy browser author Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. year 2007 ref subdivision Bicuspidella incus B. incus Bicuspidella is a genus biology genus of algae , in the family Characiaceae . ref name Algaebase References reflist 1 External links Scientific references Taxonomic references taxon Bicuspidella Scientific databases Taxonomic links NCBI taxID 220630 taxoname Bicuspidella http www.algaebase.org search genus AlgaeBase http www.algaterra.org ATDB Names NamesMain.cfm AlgaTerra database http ravenel.si.edu botany ing ingForm.cfm Index Nominum Genericorum Chlorophyceae stub Category Algae genera ... more details
The pyrocumulonimbus cloud pyroCb is a type of cumulus cloud formed above a source of heat such as a wildfire and may sometimes even extinguish the fire that formed it. It is the most extreme manifestation of pyrocumulus . According to the American Meteorological Society s Glossary of Meteorology, a pyrocumulus is a cumulus cloud formed by a rising thermal from a fire, or enhanced by buoyant plume emissions from an industrial combustion process. ref cite web url http amsglossary.allenpress.com glossary search?query pyrocumulus title AMS Glossary publisher American Meteorological Society accessdate 6 January 2012 ref Analogous to the meteorological distinction between Cumulus cloud cumulus and cumulonimbus , the pyrocumulonimbus is a fire aided or caused convective cloud but with considerable vertical development. The pyroCb reaches the upper troposphere or even lower stratosphere and may involve Precipitation meteorology precipitation although usually light , hail , lightning, extreme low level wind s, and in some cases even tornado es. ref cite doi 10.1029 2005GL025161 ref The pyroCb was named following the discovery that extreme manifestations of this pyroconvection caused direct injection of large abundances of smoke into the lower stratosphere ref cite doi 10.1029 1999GL011200 ref ref cite doi 10.1029 2002GL016820 ref Alternate spellings and abbreviations for pyrocumulonimbus that may be found in the literature include pyro cumulonimbus, pyro cb, pyro Cb and pyrocb. Citation needed date December 2008 The World Meteorological Organization doesn t recognize pyrocumulonimbus as a distinct cloud type, but classifies it simply as cumulonimbus. See also Atmospheric convection Pyrocumulus References reflist Cloud types Category Cumulus Category Wildfire ecology Category Wildfires climate stub no Pyro Cumulonimbus Atmospheric convection ... more details
Wiktionary Calvus may refer to People Gaius Licinius Stolo , one of the two tribunes of ancient Rome that opened the consulship to the plebeians Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus 82 BC c. 47 BC , orator and poet of ancient Rome Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus died 211 BC , Roman general and statesman Other Baldness Latin Altolamprologus calvus , a species of Cichlidae fish from Lake Tanganyika, Africa Cumulonimbus calvus , a type of cloud disambig hn bg nl Calvus ... more details
ear biologically medically from superficial to deep , the malleus, incus, and stapes. Terms that, in Latin, are translated as the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup. The malleus hammer articulates with the incus ... motion is passed. The incus anvil is connected to both the other bones. The stapes stirrup articulates with the incus and is attached to the membrane of the fenestra ovalis , the elliptical or oval ... it is attached. The malleus then transmits the vibrations, via the incus, to the stapes, and so ... is known as the middle ear , and is made up of the incus , stapes , malleus , and tympanic ... more details
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