Cloud 3D print model

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Human meteorologists categorize a cloud as an aerosol comprised of visible liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other tiny particles suspended within planetary atmospheres or equivalent space systems.[1] Liquid water or diverse chemical compositions form these droplets and crystals in various formations. Upon Earth, clouds manifest when atmospheric air reaches its dew point due to cooling or gains sufficient moisture from adjacent sources, increasing the dew point until it matches ambient temperatures. Clouds are omnipresent in the homosphere surrounding our planet, comprising three atmospheric layers: the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology serves as the comprehensive science governing clouds, an integral part of meteorology within its cloud physics branch. Meteorologists employ two nomenclature systems to categorize clouds: Latin and universal terminology. Tropospheric cloud formations are denoted with Latin names based on Luke Howard's system, adopted universally since 1802. This systematic classification distinguishes five cloud forms distributed across three altitude levels (originally referred to as étages), which appear in various configurations and intensities. Cloud forms rank ascending by convective energy include stratiform sheets, cirriform wisps, cumuliform piles, and complex structures. Divided into 10 genus-types per altitude level, the classification categorizes high-level clouds beginning with cirro- and alto- prefixes for their corresponding layers within the troposphere. Atmospheric cloud formations occupying multiple altitude levels are designated as either low-level or mid-level based on their initial emergence ranges. Cloud types not categorized by height range receive colloquial names, like multi-level or vertical, in informal use. The Latin classifications have no counterparts for low stratiform clouds, extending up to Earth's surface, which are colloquially known as fog and mist instead of carrying Latin terminology.