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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

… a small, billowed, high-altitude cloud appearing as a thick, white patch without shadows, composed of very small elements in the form of grains [or] ripples [and that] may be composed of highly supercooled water droplets, as well as small ice crystals, or a mixture of both...  3, record 1, English, - cirrocumulus

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Petit nuage de haute altitude, ondulé, se présentant comme une tache blanche épaisse sans ombres, composé de très petits éléments sous forme de grains ou d'ondulations et qui peut être composé de gouttelettes d'eau fortement surfondues, ainsi que de petits cristaux de glace, ou d'un mélange de ces deux types d'éléments.  3, record 1, French, - cirrocumulus

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

cirrocumulus : Cette graphie, puisée du document intitulé «Les rectifications de l'orthographe» du Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert.  4, record 1, French, - cirrocumulus

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Banco, capa delgada o sábana de nubes blancas, sin sombras, compuestas por elementos muy pequeños en forma de granos, ondulaciones, etc., unidos o separados y distribuidos con mayor o menor regularidad; la mayoría de los elementos tienen una anchura aparente inferior a un grado.  4, record 1, Spanish, - cirrocumulus

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A layer of air pollution that covers parts of the northern Indian Ocean, India and Pakistan, and parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia and China.  3, record 2, English, - Asian%20brown%20cloud

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The Asian brown cloud, the thick haze caused by pollution that hangs over southern Asia, is rapidly melting Himalayan glaciers and could precipitate an environmental disaster that could affect billions of people, scientists have warned.  2, record 2, English, - Asian%20brown%20cloud

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Énorme nuage de pollution qui s'étend sur une surface allant de la mer Rouge à la Chine.  3, record 2, French, - nuage%20brun%20d%27Asie

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

En el trabajo patrocinado por las Naciones Unidas se destaca que la nube marrón asiática —una sucia combinación de cenizas, hollín, ácidos y otras partículas— es causada en gran parte por contaminantes de baja tecnología, como las cocinas de leña, el fuego de cocinas y la destrucción de bosques, al igual que por las industrias.  1, record 2, Spanish, - nube%20marr%C3%B3n%20asi%C3%A1tica

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The absorption of electromagnetic radiation by the water drops and water vapor within a cloud.  2, record 3, English, - cloud%20absorption

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

For insolation(incoming solar radiation), clouds absorb rather small fractions, particularly of the shorter wavelengths. Even for depths of clouds of the order of 20, 000 ft, measurements suggest absorptions of less than 30 percent, while layers only one or two thousand feet thick may absorb only about 5 percent. However, for long-wave terrestrial radiation, even very thin layers of cloud act as almost complete black-body absorbers.  2, record 3, English, - cloud%20absorption

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Il existe encore une diffusion et une absorption simultanées par les nuages, très variables selon leur nature (gouttelettes, cristaux), leur altitude, leur densité, leur nébulosité, leurs dimensions, etc. mais souvent considérées comme neutres et indépendantes des longueurs d'onde (notion de densité optique), sauf pour celles supérieures à 1,2 um environ, qui sont le plus souvent complètement absorbées.  2, record 3, French, - absorption%20par%20les%20nuages

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An increase in the thickness of clouds as described by cloud liquid water content would generally increase the albedo of the clouds. Greatest albedo change for given increase in liquid water is possible for relatively thin clouds since thick clouds are essentially saturated in brightness.  2, record 4, English, - thick%20cloud

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Characteristics of gloomy weather include partial darkness, dampness, thick cloud cover, and [rain]. Other characteristics can include cold cloudy weather, hours of persistent precipitation, hours of foggy conditions, day after day of below-freezing temperatures, persistent icy conditions, weather that cancels outdoor plans, and many hours or days without sunshine. The darkness created by the weather and the inconveniences from weather events such as rain, snow, fog, clouds and short winter days can create feelings of sluggishness. This weather can cause more people to have to stay indoors. There is no sunshine to spark feelings of energy and warmth.  2, record 5, English, - gloomy%20weather

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.  2, record 6, English, - Cloud%20Mountains%20Formation

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

The equivalent Cloud Mountains Formation near Canada Bay is 585 feet thick.  3, record 6, English, - Cloud%20Mountains%20Formation

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.  2, record 6, French, - formation%20de%20Cloud%20Mountains

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.  2, record 6, French, - formation%20de%20Cloud%20Mountains

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 3 OBS

La formation de Cloud Mountains correspondante, près de la baie Canada, a 585 pieds d'épaisseur.  3, record 6, French, - formation%20de%20Cloud%20Mountains

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Vertical distance from base to top of the cloud.  4, record 7, English, - cloud%20thickness

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An increase in the thickness of clouds as described by cloud liquid water content would generally increase the albedo of the clouds... Greatest albedo change for given increase in liquid water is possible for relatively thin clouds since thick clouds are essentially saturated in brightness. Various suggestions have been offered as to how clouds might change with a warmer climate. A warmer atmosphere would hold more water vapour and possibly also more liquid water, hence cloud thickness could well increase.  1, record 7, English, - cloud%20thickness

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The term "cloud height" can also refer to the "cloud altitude" or distance between the cloud base and the ground. See the record for this latter term as well.  5, record 7, English, - cloud%20thickness

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le soleil cesse d'être visible à travers un nuage bas ou moyen dès que l'épaisseur du nuage dépasse 100 m environ, et on voit que cette opacité apparente est essentiellement la conséquence de la diffusion opérée par le nuage.  1, record 7, French, - %C3%A9paisseur%20de%20nuage

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

La notion d'épaisseur est voisine de celle d'extension verticale, elle comprend cependant d'autres traits sémantiques (teneur en eau, par exemple) que la simple distance entre la base et le sommet du nuage.  2, record 7, French, - %C3%A9paisseur%20de%20nuage

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Mars, 1. 5 AU [astronomical units] from the sun, rotates on its axis in 24 hours, 37 minutes, and revolves about the sun once every 687 days. Its diameter, 4, 200 miles, is about 1/2 that of the Earth; its mass is 0. 11 times that of the Earth. It has an atmosphere, but one which is not so thick that we cannot see through it. It has permanent surface markings and polar caps. The markings change color during the Martian year and we can see cloud formations that move across the surface of the planet.  1, record 8, English, - Mars

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Mars, la quatrième planète du groupe tellurique, est environ deux fois plus petit que la Terre (son rayon équatorial est de 3394 km), alors que sa masse est neuf fois plus faible que la masse terrestre. La pesanteur sur Mars est de 376 cm/s² [...] On observe à la surface de Mars des formations stables qui ont permis de déterminer avec une grande précision sa période de rotation : [...] L'équateur de la planète est incliné sur le plan de son orbite presque de la même façon que celui de la Terre. Sur Mars il existe donc des saisons [...] L'année martienne dure 687 jours terriens.  1, record 8, French, - Mars

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A shower ... of hail.  2, record 9, English, - hail%20shower

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In the month of February about the second watch of the night, there suddenly arose a thick cloud followed by a shower of hail...  3, record 9, English, - hail%20shower

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

hail: Ice or frozen vapour falling in pellets or masses in a shower from the atmosphere. (In spring and summer most frequently occurring in connexion with a thunderstorm.)  2, record 9, English, - hail%20shower

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Un orage est toujours associé à un nuage à fort développement vertical (du genre cumulonimbus) [...]; il est souvent accompagné d'une forte averse de pluie ou de grêle et d'un violent coup de vent.  3, record 9, French, - averse%20de%20gr%C3%AAle

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

abat de grêle : Vieux ou régional.  4, record 9, French, - averse%20de%20gr%C3%AAle

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Altocumulus : Composed of flattened, thick, gray, globular masses, this middle cloud genus is primarily made of water droplets.  1, record 10, English, - cloud%20genus

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

cloud genera: Main characteristic, mutually exclusive forms of clouds, constituting the basis of the cloud classification included in the International Cloud Atlas.  4, record 10, English, - cloud%20genus

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 2 OBS

[The 10 characteristic cloud types, comprising:] Cirrus (Ci), Cirrocumulus (Cc), Cirrostratus (Cs), Altocumulus (Ac), Altostratus (As), Nimbostratus (Ns), Stratocumulus (Sc), Stratus (St), Cumulus (Cu), and Cumulonimbus (Cb).  4, record 10, English, - cloud%20genus

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 3 OBS

"Genera" is the plural form of "genus".  5, record 10, English, - cloud%20genus

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La classification internationale des nuages repose sur la reconnaissance de dix genres de nuages appelés : Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus, Altostratus, Altocumulus, Nimbo-stratus, Strato-cumulus, Stratus, Cumulus et Cumulo-nimbus.  3, record 10, French, - genre%20de%20nuage

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An increase in the thickness of clouds as described by cloud liquid water content would generally increase the albedo of the clouds but have little effect on the longwave emission of all but nonblack cirrus clouds. Greatest albedo change for given increase in liquid water is possible for relatively thin clouds since thick clouds are essentially saturated in brightness. Various suggestions have been offered as to how clouds might change with a warmer climate. A warmer atmosphere would hold more water vapour and possibly also more liquid water, hence cloud thickness could well increase.  2, record 11, English, - cloud%20liquid%20water%20content

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Contenu d'un nuage en eau à l'état liquide par opposition à l'eau à l'état solide ou à l'état vapeur.  2, record 11, French, - teneur%20en%20eau%20liquide%20des%20nuages

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Teneur en eau à l'état liquide, contenu en eau à l'état liquide : liquid-water content.  3, record 11, French, - teneur%20en%20eau%20liquide%20des%20nuages

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish