ATSC 113 Study Guide - Final Guide: Weather Radar, Ceilometer, Cloudbase

• School: UBC
• Department: Atmospheric Science
• Course: ATSC 113
• Professor: Doug McCollor

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Available sep 8 at 5am - sep 14 at 10pm 7 days. This quiz was locked sep 14 at 10pm. Time less than 1 minute less than 1 minute. Score for this attempt: 6 out of 6. If clouds cover 7/8 of the sky, the cloud coverage is: broken. When photos of clouds are taken at slant or oblique angles, the cloud coverage looks greater than it actually is. For low clouds of broken or overcast coverage, cloud-base height above ground defines the cloud ceiling. https://canvas. ubc. ca/courses/39462/quizzes/121874. False the altitude of clouds below 20,000 feet altitude that cover half of the sky is acloud ceiling. To be valid at all locations, cloud ceiling is given as an altitude above meansea level. Cloud tops stop rising when they hit the cloud ceiling. No aircraft is allowed to fly above the cloud ceiling. Photo 1d1 was taken from richmond, bc (a suburb of vancouver).