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CIEL NEBULOSITE DISPERSEE [1 record]

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Record 1 1991-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Climatology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

sky cover of 0.1 to 0.5 (5 to 54 per cent), applied only when clouds or obscuring phenomena aloft are present. It is not applied when only surface-based obscuring phenomena are present.

OBS

In aviation weather observations, a scattered sky cover may be explicitly identified as thin (predominantly transparent); otherwise a predominantly opaque status is implicit. A scattered sky cover does not constitute a ceiling.

OBS

The scattered sky is defined as one with 1 to 4 oktas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Climatologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

Ciel à nébulosité décrite de un à cinq dixièmes lorsque des nuages élevés seulement sont présents.

OBS

Exprimé en octas, ce type de ciel est situé entre 1 et 4 octas.

Spanish

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