nimbostratus cloud

in atmospheric chemistry
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An amorphous, dark grey, rainy cloud layer reaching almost to the ground; \(300{-}600\ \text{m}\) vertical velocities of \(0.05{-}0.2\ \text{m s}^{-1}\).
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2180 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'nimbostratus cloud' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04143 RIS BibTex EndNote
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