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Record 1 1999-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

Ragged low clouds, usually stratus fractus; most often applied when such clouds are moving rapidly beneath a layer of nimbostratus.

DEF

Low-drifting clouds appearing beneath a cloud from which precipitation is falling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Nuage en lambeaux, d'habitude un Stratus fractus; terme utilisé le plus souvent pour désigner un tel nuage se déplaçant rapidement sous une couche de Nimbo-stratus.

Spanish

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