When viewed from the surface, these clouds may be viewed as individual cloud elements (puffs) or as rows of ripples that resemble the scales of a fish

a. stratocumulus
b. cumulus
c. cirrocumulus
d. altocumulus
e. cumulonimbus


ANSWER: c

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