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stratocumulus
Definição1
A principal cloud type (cloud genus), predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray and/or whitish layer or patch, which nearly always has dark parts and is nonfibrous (except for virga).
Fonte1
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 9 maio 2022.
Fonte2
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Aircraft accident digest n.38. Montreal, 2002. (Cir. 290 AN/168).
Nota adicional1
Acronym in English: Sc.
Contexto
Another weather observation was taken after the accident, at 1636 hours, indicating winds from 170 degrees at 6 knots, visibility in excess of 10 kilometers, 118th sky coverage by cumulus clouds at 2,000 feet, 318th" sky coverage by stratocumulus clouds at 4,000 feet, and 618th" sky coverage by cirrus clouds at 30,000 feet.
Subárea
Meteorology
Related Term
cirrus
stratus
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