| 词条 | Pileus (meteorology) |
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A pileus ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|aɪ|l|i|ə|s}}; Latin for "cap"), also called scarf cloud or cap cloud, is a small, horizontal, lenticular cloud appearing above a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud. Pileus clouds are often short-lived, with the main cloud beneath them rising through convection to absorb them.[1] They are formed by strong updraft at lower altitudes, acting upon moist air above, 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.[2] Pilei can also form above mountains, ash clouds, and pyrocumulus clouds from erupting volcanoes.[1] Pilei form above some mushroom clouds of high-yield nuclear detonations.[3] AppearanceSometimes several pileus clouds are observed above each other.[4] The bright iridescent colors seen in pileus are sunlight diffracted in water vapor. Iridescent colors are strongest when the diffracting droplets are small and similar in size. The newly formed pileus droplet all of similar provenance are ideal for iridescence.[5] VariantsWhen sheet of altostratus cloud is seen lower down and skirting a cumulonimbus cloud, it is classified as a velum cloud.[6] ForecastPilei clouds indicate the parent cloud is growing rapidly, has plenty of moisture, and is highly unstable. This means the parent cloud could quickly grow to become a cumulonimbus cloud and continue to grow into a cumulonimbus incus cloud.[2] See also
References1. ^1 {{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1000297560|title=Clouds|last=1965-|first=Hamblyn, Richard,|isbn=9781780237701|location=London, UK|oclc=1000297560}} 2. ^1 {{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/953455396|title=An Introduction to Clouds : From the Microscale to Climate|last=Ulrike,|first=Lohmann,|publisher=|others=Lüönd, Felix,, Mahrt, Fabian,|year=|isbn=9781139087513|location=Cambridge|pages=288|oclc=953455396}} 3. ^{{Cite journal|last=Holzmann|first=B. G.|last2=Cumberledge|first2=A. A.|date=October 1946|title=Weather and The Atomic Bomb Tests at Bikini (II)|url=|journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society|volume=27|pages=435-437|doi=10.1175/1520-0477-27.8.435|via=}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Pileus|title=Pileus - AMS Glossary|website=glossary.ametsoc.org|access-date=2019-01-25}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.atoptics.co.uk/fz503.htm|title=Iridescent Pileus|last=|first=|date=|website=Atmospheric Optics|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-01-25}} 6. ^{{Cite web | url = http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Velum | title= Velum | publisher = American Meteorological Society | work= Meteorological glossary |accessdate = May 2, 2014 }} External links{{Commons category|Pileus clouds}}
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