Land sky

From Glossary of Meteorology



land sky

The relatively dark appearance of the underside of a cloud layer when it is over land that is not snow covered.

This term is used largely in polar regions with reference to the sky map; land sky is brighter than water sky, but is much darker than ice blink or snow blink.


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