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ALTO-STRATUS OPACUS [1 record]

Record 1 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

Altostratus opacus (As opa) is a sheet, layer, or patch of altostrati clouds, the greater part of which is sufficiently thick to obscure the Sun, and not even its position is detectable.

Key term(s)
  • alto-stratus opacus
  • alto stratus opacus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Couche d'altostratus opaque et d'épaisseur variable, pouvant cacher entièrement le soleil - au moins par places - mais présentant par endroits la structure fibreuse.

OBS

Description des nuages. [...] Genre : altostratus. Espèces : -. Variétés : translucidus, opacus, undulatus, duplicatus, radiatus. Formes : virga, mamma, praecipitatio, pannus. Générateurs : cumulonimbogenitus, altocumulogenitus.

Key term(s)
  • alto-stratus opacus
  • alto stratus opacus

Spanish

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