Talk:Lenticular cloud

A note
Image copyright? One seems to have a copyright notice on it.

Charles Matthews 06:20, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

Images that have not been explicitly copyrighted are subject to the doctrines outlined by Fair use. Ferg 06:50, 25 May 2004 (UTC)


 * Sorry, but this is flat-out wrong. Copyright is created the moment the image is created. Unless released into the public domain or otherwise licensed, all images are copyrighted. Using copyrighted images in Wikipedia, in most instances, is not allowed by fair use. George Bluth 03:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Fair use images are "second class" here - not every imagined WP use - such as CDROM encyclopedia sold for money - are compatible. Fortunately in this case there are plenty of better US government images that are also PD - try 'lenticular clouds gov' in Google to see some candidates from NASA and NOAA. Stan 13:37, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

Locations in the U.S.
Is it really appropriate to list locations in the U.S. where lenticular clouds occur? I mean, they're unusual but they're not that rare. I've seen them in the Owens and Indian Wells Valleys of California (formed by air coming over the Sierra Nevada) and at Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California. I could add these, but it seems like we'd soon end up with a list of all reasonably tall mountain ranges in the U.S. And what if people in other countries started doing the same? -- Coneslayer 22:12, 2005 Jun 21 (UTC)

I've seen them while I was in the Pinos Altos/Silver City area I was at while I was in New Mexico. Martial Law 06:34, 22 November 2005 (UTC) :)

Sometimes these things would be all over the place.Martial Law 06:35, 22 November 2005 (UTC) . . what's all the fuss about, guys? i thought we were just talking about clouds here...

Southwest Arizona, west-central Yuma County

 * For 3 to 5 months in late 2009, to Jan-Feb-?Mar, 2010;.... there were from 10-15 lenticular grouping events. Most were fast-transitioning. If there were 20- (or 35) clouds they were quickly transitioning to slightly more or slightly less, (but also sometimes increasing in size, or decreasing). Prevailing winds were mostly from the NorthWest (from the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) range region, (south Nevada, southeast California); however they also appeared directly from due-West-(Peninsular range region, East of San Diego), and also a few groupings were from the Southwest-(Mexicali-northern Gulf of California, (east of Baja California Peninsula)). (Waiting 15 to 30 minutes, to re-examine the sky, would find a totally different arrangement, either in location changes, or size, or in total numbers of the lenticular clouds)... It was all very NICE, and rather atypical, but it continued for that 5 month period. :)... (we did have a later, and cooler spring for Spring 2010, (but it ended abruptly to a "Standard Hot Summer" (Though about 6-10 degrees cooler than common highs of 114-118. Highs were often only 105 to 113, and it did Persist, continue)).... -(from the HotSonoranDesert, ArizonaUSA)-Mmcannis (talk) 05:20, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Page rename
I propose this page be renamed to "Altocumulus lenticularis" (and a redirect created). This would keep the article name in convention with the others. Dddstone 18:09, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Citation/Reference issue
Regarding the claim: "Bright colours (called irisation) are sometimes seen along the edge of lenticular clouds.[1]" The reference/citation at number 1 ("1. Answers.com – Sci-Tech Dictionary:irisation", which links to "http://www.answers.com/topic/irisation-meteorology") does not seem valid and/or appropriate. I went to the link and did not find any relevant information. I also searched around on that site for relevant information and did not find anything relevant. Additionally, the "reference" is a "wiki" site where anyone can answer the questions posed, and there is an explicit disclamer regarding the validity of content. I do not think it is an appropriate reference.

The only online citation I can find to support the claim that lenticular clouds sometimes appear to have irisation is at wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-is-a-lenticular-cloud. I am not an expert in this area nor am I comfortable editing this wikipedia article. Perhaps the reference should be changed or the claim removed altogether? Kat.thulhu (talk) 13:06, 26 August 2016 (UTC)