Okta to traditional approaches, satellite images do not account for cloud composition. Oktas are often referenced in aviation weather forecasts and low level forecasts: SKC = Sky clear (0 oktas); FEW = Few (1 to 2 oktas); SCT = Scattered (3 to 4 oktas); BKN = Broken (5 to 7 oktas); OVC = Overcast (8 oktas); NSC = nil significant cloud; CAVOK = ceiling and visibility okay. Okta In meteorology, an okta is a unit of measurement used to describe the amount of cloud cover at any given location such as a weather station. Sky conditions are estimated in terms of
Yoke (unit of measurement) England. In these "yokes" along the banks of the river Medway crops such as corn would have been cultivated. A "joch" is a traditional unit of area in German speaking countries, especially in Austria. One "joch" is the area of a square 40 "klafters" (about 83 yards) on a side. This comes to 0.5755 hectares or about 1.422 acres. The plural is "Joche". "Joch" is also the word for a yoke in German, so this unit represents an area that could be ploughed in a day by a yoke of oxen. In what is now the Czech Republic this unit