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variable > cloud cover

Preferred term

cloud cover

Variable

The amount of sky estimated to be covered by a specified cloud type (partial cloud amount), or by all cloud types (total cloud amount). In either case, the estimate is made to the nearest okta (eighth) and is reported on a scale which is essentially one of the nearest eighth, except that figures 0 and 8 on the scale signify a completely clear and cloudy sky, respectively, with consequent adjustment to the adjacent 1 and 7 okta intervals.

variable

area fraction of sky covered by clouds

https://community.wmo.int/en/governance/commission-membership/commission-observation-infrastructure-and-information-systems-infcom/standing-committee-information-management-and-technology-sc-imt/expert-team-metadata-standards-et-metadata/task-team-wigos-metadata-tt-wigosmd

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

sky

https://vocabulary.actris.nilu.no/actris_vocab/cloud

http://www.ontology-of-units-of-measure.org/resource/om-2/AreaFraction

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/30378

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