Clouds at high altitude use the prefix cirro while clouds at middle altitude use the prefix alto. I know this is not in the question but clouds at low altitude don't use any specific prefix. I am also in love with Arturo B.
The mid-altitude clouds are given the prefix, "Alto." Alto means high. These clouds are between 6000 and 20,000 feet. There is no prefix meaning middle for clouds.
The cloud prefix that means "high" is "cirro-." Clouds that have this prefix are located high in the sky and are usually wispy in appearance.
The greenhouse effect is weak for low altitude clouds, so their albedo effect dominates and they cool the Earth's climate. In contrast, cold high altitude cirrus clouds may either cool or warm the climate.
Cumulonimbus clouds span the entire distance from low to high altitude, and so do not fit into any of the three height classifications.
The highest clouds are polar mesospheric clouds, which, at heights from 76,000 to 85,000 m (altitude) are much higher than other types of clouds, such as cirrus and cumulonimbus. Cumulonimbus can exceptionally reach 23,000 m at the very top of a peaked formation, but these clouds normally form mainly within the 2,000 to 16,000 m range. Cirrus clouds, at a maximum height of about 18,000 m in tropical zones, are also much lower than polar mesosphericclouds.
The mid-altitude clouds are given the prefix, "Alto." Alto means high. These clouds are between 6000 and 20,000 feet. There is no prefix meaning middle for clouds.
The prefix cirro means clouds at a high altitude.
Cirrus clouds are at a high altitude.
stratus, stratocumulus, and nimbostratus clouds
Cirrus clouds are high-altitude clouds.
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In Latin, the prefix Alto- means 'high' for clouds like Altocumulus, and Altostratus.
The cloud prefix that means "high" is "cirro-." Clouds that have this prefix are located high in the sky and are usually wispy in appearance.
cirrus
cirrus
In Latin, the prefix Alto- means 'high' for clouds like Altocumulus, and Altostratus.