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LOW CLOUD [1 record]

Record 1 2003-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Cloud of the low cloud étage.

CONT

Low clouds occur at heights ranging from very close to the ground to about 6,000 feet.

OBS

Stratus and Stratocumulus are almost invariably low-level clouds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Nuage observé dans l'étage inférieur.

OBS

Les Stratus et les Strato-cumulus sont presque invariablement des nuages bas.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Nube que está en el piso inferior. Los Stratus y los Stratocumulus son, casi sin excepción, nubes bajas.

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