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In atmospheric science, clouds are defined as visible aggregations of tiny water droplets, ice crystals, or other suspended particles that fill a large space within a planet's or celestial body's atmospheric surroundings. The droplets and crystals in these clouds may consist of water or various other chemicals. Clouds form on Earth due to the air's saturation level being reached when it is cooled down to its dew point or when additional moisture from an adjacent source causes the dew point to match the surrounding air temperature. They are observed within the planet's homosphere, specifically in the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesopherse regions. Cloud research, known as nephology, falls under the meteorology discipline and focuses on cloud physics. Two primary systems for categorizing clouds according to their position in the atmosphere use Latin and common terms. Tropospheric clouds are identified using Latin names derived from Luke Howard's 1802 proposal. The modern classification system categorizes five basic forms of clouds present across all altitude levels, which include stratiform sheets, cirriform wisps, stratocumuliform layers, cumuliform heaps, and very large cumulonimbus clouds often exhibiting intricate structures. Tropospheric high-level cloud types are preceded by the cirro- prefix in Latin nomenclature, while those in mid-level altitudes bear the alto- prefix. Low and mid-level clouds spanning multiple altitude levels can be classified either as single-level or multi-level depending on their primary formation area. In informal classifications, multi-level and low-altitude clouds often do not carry altitude-related prefixes. Genera typically have several species and can further divide into different subtypes or varieties. A significant number of polar region clouds visible in the stratosphere and mesosphere have well-known common names due to rare occurrences on Earth's surface. Other planetary systems display a different assortment of cloudy atmospheric elements, with some containing gases like methane, ammonia, sulfuric acid in addition to water-based forms due to differences in temperature.