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cirrostratus
- Definição1
- Transparent, whitish cloud veil of fibrous (hair-like) or smooth appearance, totally or partially covering the sky, and generally producing halo phenomena.
- 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.
- Fonte2
- ESTADOS UNIDOS. Federal Aviation Administration. Advisory circular: aviation weather. [Washington, DC]: FAA, 23 aug. 2016. (AC n. 00-6B).
- Contexto
- Cirrostratus occasionally may be so thin and transparent as to render it nearly indiscernible, especially through haze or at night.
- Subárea
- Aeronautical Meteorology
- Related Term
- cirrus
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