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ID: 300404146
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300404146

 

Record Type: concept
cirrus clouds (clouds, earth features, ... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Detached clouds in the form of white, delicate filaments, mostly white patches or narrow bands. They may have a fibrous (hair-like) and/or silky sheen appearance. Cirrus clouds are always composed of ice crystals, and their transparent character depends upon the degree of separation of the crystals.
 
Terms:
cirrus clouds (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
cirrus cloud (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
clouds, cirrus (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
cirruswolken (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
cirruswolk (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
cirrus (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Associated Concepts Facet
Associated Concepts Facet
Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of scientific concepts
........ scientific concepts (G)
Hierarchy of physical sciences concepts
............ physical sciences concepts (G)
Hierarchy of earth sciences concepts
................ earth sciences concepts (G)
Hierarchy of earth features
.................... earth features (G)
Hierarchy of clouds
........................ clouds (G)
Hierarchy of cirrus clouds
............................ cirrus clouds (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Afzonderlijke wolken in de vorm van witte, fijne nevels, grotendeels witte plukken of dunne linten. Ze kunnen een vezel-, haar- en/of zijdeachtig uiterlijk hebben. Cirruswolken bestaan altijd uit ijskristallen, en hun doorzichtigheid hangt af van de mate van afscheiding van de kristallen. 

Sources and Contributors:
cirrus............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  UvA Talen
cirrus cloud............  [VP]
.......................  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) online (2000-)
cirrus clouds............  [VP Preferred]
..........................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
..........................  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) online (2000-)
..........................  Ruffner and Blair, Weather Almanac (1987)
cirruswolk............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................  UvA Talen
cirruswolken............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................  UvA Talen
clouds, cirrus............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.......... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) online (2000-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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