...64% of the low- and 50% of the high-cloud amount differences were within ± 1 okta, although many of these successes (71% in the low-cloud amount) were for cases of totally clear or totally cloudy skies.
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Okta
//ˈɒktə//
Synonyms for "okta" (2 found)
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Catalan
1 entries- octa noun (one eighth of the area of the celestial dome)
Finnish
1 entries- kahdeksasosa noun (one eighth of the area of the celestial dome)
Sample sentences
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‘Fog is traditional for the season and cloud is anticipated at six to seven oktas, sir.’
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Mean cloud amount distributions are transformed to normal distributions. The accuracy of the method is indicated by the retrieval of the original distribution with a typical error of 14% in the frequency of each okta of cloud amount.
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For example, it has been estimated that a Landsat satellite, which revisits a particular location once every 16 days, will obtain a cloud-free scene of a particular location in Britain only once per year, and a scene with 1 okta of cloud (an okta is one eighth of the sky obscured by cloud) only twice per year.
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