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unit:OKTA

http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/OKTA
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PredicateObject
rdf:type qudt:Unit
dcterms:description
"Okta" is the unit of measurement to describe the amount of cloud cover. Okta is reported in eighths of the celestial dome covered by all clouds visible. The codes represent: 0: 0/8, the complete absence of cloud; 1: 1/8 or less, but not zero; 2: 2/8; 3: 3/8; 4: 4/8, half of the sky is covered; 5: 5/8; 6: 6/8; 7: 7/8 or more, but not 8/8; 8: 8/8, sky is completely covered; 9: Sky obscured by fog and/or other meteorological phenomena; /: Cloud cover is indiscernible for reasons other than fog or other meteorological phenomena, or observation is not made.
qudt:conversionMultiplier 0.0
qudt:conversionMultiplierSN 0.0E0
qudt:hasDimensionVector qkdv:A0E0L0I0M0H0T0D1
qudt:hasQuantityKind quantitykind:AmountOfCloudCover
qudt:informativeReference https://windy.app/blog/okta-cloud-cover.html
qudt:isoNormativeReference https://library.wmo.int/viewer/68695/?offset=3#page=514&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=
qudt:plainTextDescription “"Okta" is the unit of measurement to describe the amount of cloud cover. Okta is reported in eighths of the celestial dome covered by all clouds visible. The codes represent: 0: 0/8, the complete absence of cloud; 1: 1/8 or less, but not zero; 2: 2/8; 3: 3/8; 4: 4/8, half of the sky is covered; 5: 5/8; 6: 6/8; 7: 7/8 or more, but not 8/8; 8: 8/8, sky is completely covered; 9: Sky obscured by fog and/or other meteorological phenomena; /: Cloud cover is indiscernible for reasons other than fog or other meteorological phenomena, or observation is not made.”
rdfs:isDefinedBy http://qudt.org/3.1.11/vocab/unit
rdfs:label
  • “Okta”
  • “Okta”@en
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