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variable > cloud cover

Preferred term

cloud cover  

Type

  • Variable

Definition

  • 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.

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  • area fraction of sky covered by clouds

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

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