Definition of Cloud cover

1. Noun. The state of the sky when it is covered by clouds.

Exact synonyms: Cloudiness, Overcast
Generic synonyms: Bad Weather, Inclemency, Inclementness
Derivative terms: Cloudy, Overcast, Overcast

Definition of Cloud cover

1. Noun. (meteorology) The percentage or fraction of the sky obscured by clouds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloud Cover

clou
cloud
cloud-built
cloud-burst
cloud-covered
cloud-cuckoo-land
cloud-seeding
cloud 9
cloud bank
cloud base
cloud bases
cloud burst
cloud ceiling
cloud chamber
cloud computing
cloud cover (current term)
cloud cuckoo-land
cloud deck
cloud genera
cloud genus
cloud nine
cloud on title
cloud over
cloud point
cloud points
cloud seeder
cloud seeding
cloud species
cloud street

Literary usage of Cloud cover

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Satellite data transmission occurred in the vicinity of the American continents. over the land to cloud cover over the sea. Arking (9) found from Tiros ..."

2. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl Schneider (1998)
"Ground-based observations of cloud cover were then used to approximate the average effect of cloud cover on UV-B irradiance using the approach of Johnson et ..."

3. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"were higher on cloudy (>80 percent cloud cover) than on clear (<80 percent cloud cover) days in British Columbia. Conversely, highest activity levels and ..."

4. Environmental Information for Naval Warfare by National Academy of Engineering, Inc NetLibrary (2003)
"... slant range visibility, cloud cover, precipitation, precise target identification and location, space weather (if relying on direct GPS communication), ..."

5. Priorities for Forestry and Agroforestry Policy Research: Report on an by H. M. Gregersen, Peter Oram, John Spears (1992)
"Frequent monitoring in the humid tropics is not possible, however, because of cloud cover: cloud-free scenes of larger sections of the tropics have still ..."

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