what part of the atmostphere are clouds in?

Question

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Answer 1

Clouds form within troposphere only.The tropopause is the roof of the troposphere.Even though the average height of the tropopause is about 11 Km,it extends upto 16 to 17 Kms in the tropics.About 90 percent of the moisture in the atmosphere are confined to the troposphere only.So clouds can form only in the troposphere.Moreover above tropopause, the temperature starts increasing with height due to the absorption of ultra-violet rays by the ozone layer which is concentrated at this level.Due to the increase of temperature with height, the instability condition which is required for cloud formation is absent in the stratosphere.So clouds are confined to the tropopsphere only.Occasionally the tops of cumulonimbus clouds may extend beyond tropopause.

Answer 2

The great majority of clouds lie in the atmospheric layer known as the troposphere.

Answer 3

I've included two websites that explain things whatever you would ever want to know about clouds. It seems different cloud types form at different altitudes.

This site is a link to NOAA, National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration.
http://www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/synoptic/clouds.htm

This is a slide presentation ... a little slow but it's thorough.
http://astro1.panet.utoledo.edu/~anatoly/nasc1100/materials/nasc1100_25.ppt

http://www.wxdude.com/page9.html

Answer 4

When I lay on my back in the grass, the clouds appear to be in the sky. Yup, I think they're in the sky.