Undulatus

Clouds : classification
Genera Cirrus Ci Cirrocumulus Cc Cirrostratus Cs Altocumulus Ac Altostratus As Stratocumulus Sc Stratus St. Cumulus Cu Nimbostratus Ns Cumulonimbus Cb	species calvus cal capillatus cap castellanus cas congestus con fibratus fib floccus flo fractus fra humilis hum lenticularis len mediocris med nebulosus neb spissatus spi stratiformis st uncinus unc volutus vol	Subspecies duplicatus you intortus in lacunosus la opacus op perlucidus pe radiatus ra translucidus tr undulatus un vertebratus ve Special forms arcus arc asperitas asp cauda cau cavum cav fluctus flu flumen flm incus inc mamma mam murus mur pannus pan pileus pil praecipitatio pra tuba tub velum vel virga vir

Undulatus (un) ( lat. " Wavy " from unda "wave") are cloud spots, fields or layers, the appearance of which has patterns reminiscent of water waves . This wave formation can be observed in the case of relatively uniform cloud layers or also in clouds whose parts grow together or are separated from one another. Sometimes there is a double wave system. This name is mainly used for Cirrocumulus , Cirrostratus , Altocumulus , Altostratus , Stratocumulus and Stratus .

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  Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus: Wavy arrangement of the cloud pieces

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  Undulatus clouds seen from above

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  Altocumulus undulatus with two wave systems as seen from an airplane.

See also

• Asperatus

Web links

Commons : Undulatus  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Series of links to images of the cloud subcategory undulatus