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Uncommon card · Science
Cloud cover, an Uncommon card
Cloud cover refers to the fraction of the sky obscured by clouds on average when observed from a particular location.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 56
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 96
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 96 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Cloud cover quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cloud cover card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The global cloud cover averages around 67-68%, though it ranges from 56% to 73% depending on the ______ optical depth considered.
Answer
minimum. The global cloud cover averages around 67-68%, though it ranges from 56% to 73% depending on the minimum optical depth considered. From the Cloud cover article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gödel's completeness theorem. Gödel's completeness theorem 63 · Laziness 60 · Cloud cover 56 · Lifebuoy 49 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Okta is the usual unit for 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, as clouds can block sunlight, especially at sunrise and sunset where sunlight is already limited.
- The global cloud cover averages around 67-68%, though it ranges from 56% to 73% depending on the minimum optical depth considered.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cloud cover article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 56 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Cloud cover
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cloud cover (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Greenmind1980, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
