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発音

• IPA: /kævˌoʊˈkeɪ/

成句

CAVOK

1. (aviation) Acronym of ceiling (or clouds) and visibility [are] OK., a weather term, specific to an airport, used when conditions at the airport include visibility of at least 6 statute miles, no clouds below 5000 feet or minimum sector altitude (whichever is higher), and no hazardous weather conditions (cumulonimbus clouds, thunderstorms, precipitation, shallow fog, or low drifting snow) near the airport .

使用する際の注意点

• When appropriate, this term can be used in ATIS broadcasts in lieu of detailed weather information.
• "CAVOK" may appear within METAR format weather report strings in place of the standard "Visibility Group (VVVVVSM)" as defined in Section 12.6.6 of the US "Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1" (September 2005).

関連する語

• CAVU

参照

Further reading

• ICAO, The Reporting of Clouds and Visibility and Use of the Term CAVOK
• UK Met Office, Aviation: List of abbreviations

アナグラム

• Kovac