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cirrocumulus
- Definição1
- Thin, white patch, sheet or layer of cloud without shading, composed of very small elements in the form of grains, ripples, etc., merged or separated, and more or less regularly arranged; most of the elements have an apparent width of less than one degree.
- Fonte1
- WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. International Meteorological vocabulary. 2nd ed. Geneva, 1992. (WMO, n.182). Disponível em: < https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=220#.XeauGOhKiUk >. Acesso em: 08 jun. 2021.
- Definição2
- High clouds that form small, white flaky, or scaly, globular masses. They may cover a small or a large part of the sky. The clouds are usually formed of ice.
- Fonte2
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Nota adicional1
- Acronym in English: Cc.
- Contexto
- Cirrocumulus is not very common. It is composed of very small elements, which never show shading.
- Subárea
- Aeronautical Meteorology
- Related Term
- cirrus
- Variante
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- Spanish
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