© Elisa Sala Salvador
46194 Real, Valencia, Spain
Latitude: 39° 20' 7'' N
Longitude: 0° 36' 34'' W
11 September 2014 1630 (Local Time)
Camera direction: towards E
Image P/S code: P.4.14
Image I.D.: 4749
CL = 0, CM = 8, CH = 0
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The principal mass (1 - 2) belongs to the genus Altocumulus; its upper part has a flocculent appearance (species castellanus). From this mass, notably from the parts having rounded tops, fall snowy virga of remarkable whiteness, which, curved by the wind, suggest Cirrus uncinus. Above the mass of Altocumulus, Cirrus fibratus can be seen. The station was on the western margin of a strong anticyclone centred over Greenland, in a flow of maritime polar air from south to south-east.
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