Entry: Optical depth of fog
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URI: http://codes.wmo.int/wmdr/ObservedVariableAtmosphere/507
The degree to which fog prevents light from passing through it. The term 'fog' refers to 'microscopic droplets [that] reduce horizontal visibility at the Earth’s surface to less than 1 km' [WMO, International Cloud Atlas, 2017 ed., https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/fog-compared-with-mist.html].
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The degree to which fog prevents light from passing through it. The term 'fog' refers to 'microscopic droplets [that] reduce horizontal visibility at the Earth’s surface to less than 1 km' [WMO, International Cloud Atlas, 2017 ed., https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/fog-compared-with-mist.html].
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Optical depth of fog
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507
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Concept
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