Editing Cirrocumulus cloud (section)

==Subtypes==
* Species: ''[[Cirrocumulus stratiformis]]'' (Cc str) is one of four species and appears in the form of relatively flat stratocumuliform sheets or patches.  The species ''[[Cirrocumulus lenticularis]]'' (Cc len) takes its name from the lens-shaped structure of this cloud which is tapered at each end. ''[[Cirrocumulus castellanus]]'' (Cc cas) has cumuliform buildups that give the cloud a partly or mainly turreted appearance.  When the cumuliform parts have more of a tufted appearance, it is given the species name ''[[Cirrocumulus floccus]]'' (Cc flo).<ref name="Species">{{cite book|editor=World Meteorological Organization|editor-link=World Meteorological Organization|title=Species, International Cloud Atlas|volume=I|year=1975|url=https://archive.org/details/manualonobservat00worl/page/17|pages=[https://archive.org/details/manualonobservat00worl/page/17 17–20]|isbn=92-63-10407-7|access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>  Cirrocumulus with castellanus buildups can show some vertical extent, but are not usually classified as vertical or multi-étage clouds.
** Varieties:  This genus type is always translucent and so has no opacity-based varieties.  However, like cirrus, certain cirrocumulus species can sometimes be divided into pattern-based varieties.  The ''undulatus'' variety has a wavy undulating base and is seen mostly with the stratiformis and lenticularis species types.  The ''lacunosus'' variety contains circular holes caused by downdrafts in the cloud and is associated mainly with the species stratiformis, castellanus, and floccus.<ref name="Varieties">{{cite book |editor=World Meteorological Organization |title=Varieties, International Cloud Atlas |year=1975 |url=http://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/wmo_407_en-v1.pdf |pages=20–22 |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725172359/http://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/wmo_407_en-v1.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*** Precipitation-based supplementary feature: Cirrocumulus occasionally produces ''virga'', precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground.
*** Cloud-based supplementary feature: ''Mamma'' in the form of downward forming bubbles is infrequently seen as a cloud-based supplementary feature.<ref name="Features">{{cite book|editor=World Meteorological Organization|editor-link=World Meteorological Organization|title=Features, International Cloud Atlas|volume=I|year=1975|url=https://archive.org/details/manualonobservat00worl/page/22|pages=[https://archive.org/details/manualonobservat00worl/page/22 22–24]|isbn=92-63-10407-7|access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref>
*** Mother clouds: This genus type has no recognized genitus mother clouds.  However cirrocumulus stratiformis ''cirromutatus'' or ''cirrostratomutatus'' can result from sheets or filaments of high cloud taking on a stratocumuli form structure as a result of high altitude convection.  A high layer of white or light grey altocumulus of a particular species can thin out into pure white cirrocumulus ''altocumulomutatus'' of the same species.

[[File:Cirrocumulus undulatus.jpg|thumb|Cirrocumulus undulatus clouds]]