cloud base

American  

noun

1. the apparent lower surface of a cloud or cloud layer.

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Etymology

Origin of cloud base

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The company has a massive cloud base already, and Wedbush thinks 70% of this capacity will be used for AI for enterprise and commercial clients over the next three years.

From Barron's

A tornado typically has the form of a twisting funnel-shaped cloud between the cloud base and the ground.

From BBC

"We are interested in this 'droplet activation zone,' where most cloud droplets are initially formed at the cloud base, because the number of droplets formed there will affect the later stages and properties of the cloud -- including how much sunlight a cloud reflects and the likelihood of precipitation," said Brookhaven atmospheric scientist Fan Yang, the first author on the paper.

From Science Daily

But traditional lidars can't resolve detailed structures within the cloud base because they typically have a resolution of 10 meters or more.

From Science Daily

"We used our unprecedented fine-scale T2 observations of the cloud base region to develop a theoretical model to estimate cloud droplet concentration based on T2-measured backscatter signals," he added.

From Science Daily