accessory cloud
English
Noun
accessory cloud (plural accessory clouds)
- (meteorology) A small cloud formation which is found attached to, or close by, a major cloud of one of the cloud genera, which is responsible for its formation.
- 1982, Michele G. Melaragno, Wind in architectural and environmental design, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company (→ISBN)
- Pileus An accessory cloud of small horizontal extent, in the form of a cap or hood above the top or attached to the upper part of a cumuliform cloud, which often penetrates it.
- 1982, Michele G. Melaragno, Wind in architectural and environmental design, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company (→ISBN)