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Paleoclimatology (thesaurus)

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cloudiness  

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  • Cloud cover (also known as cloudiness, cloudage, or cloud amount) refers to the fraction of the sky obscured by clouds when observed from a particular location. Okta is the usual unit of measurement of the cloud cover. The cloud cover is correlated to the sunshine duration as the least cloudy locales are the sunniest ones while the cloudiest areas are the least sunny places. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_cover)

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