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The relation between thickness of cloud layers and their transmission of light
Author(s) -
Atkins W. R. G.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49707733409
Subject(s) - cloud computing , transmission (telecommunications) , cloud height , environmental science , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geology , cloud cover , geography , computer science , telecommunications , operating system
Apparent minimal cloud‐transmission percentages for Bircham Newton are plotted against vertical distribution of clouds observed by aircraft, and cloud amount. With under 20 per cent transmission great cloud thickness is possible, but with over 30 per cent no great thickness of low cloud occurs. Percentage frequencies of minimal cloud transmission are given for a year.