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Status	Label ▴	Concept definition	Code	Ref type	Reference	Supplemental references
STD 2005/06/07	HELIPORT	An <AERODROME> or a defined <REGION> on a <STRUCTURE> intended to be used wholly or in part for the arrival, departure, and/or surface movement of <HELICOPTER>s; heliport.	521	PR	[IAN4, 1.1, "heliport"]
STD 2005/06/07	HIGH_CLOUD	A <CLOUD> of the genus cirrus, cirrocumulus, or cirrostratus; high cloud. Also the top of a <CLOUD> of the genus cumulonimbus or, occasionally, altostratus.	522	PR	[WMO407, Section II.2.1.2]	[GMET, "cloud classification", 2, "high clouds"]
STD 2005/06/07	HIGH_PRESSURE_CENTRE	The <LOCATION> of the centre of an <ATMOSPHERE_REGION> of high <<ATM_PRESSURE>>.	523	IR	[GMET, "pressure center"]
STD 2005/06/07	HILL	A small, isolated, elevated <TERRAIN_SURFACE_REGION> that is smaller than a <MOUNTAIN>; hill.	524	PR	[S57A, Object: HILARE]
STD 2005/06/07	HINDU_TEMPLE	A <WORSHIP_PLACE> for Hindu worship; Hindu temple.	525
STD 2005/06/07	HISTORICAL_BUILT_UP- _REGION	A <TRACT> containing a concentration of historical <STRUCTURE>s within an enclosing <BUILT_UP_REGION>.	526	PR	[FACC, Annex A: AL021]
STD 2005/06/07	HOAR_FROST	A deposit of <ICE> (hoar crystals) that generally assumes the form of scales, needles, feathers, or fans and that forms on <OBJECT>s the <SURFACE>s of which are sufficiently cooled, usually by nocturnal radiation, to bring about deposition of the water vapour contained in the ambient <AIR>; hoar frost.	527	PR	[WMO182, H0630, "hoar frost"]
STD 2005/06/07	HOLDING_PATTERN_REGION	A delimited <ATMOSPHERE_REGION> within which <AIRCRAFT> follow a holding pattern while awaiting further clearance instructions.	528
STD 2005/06/07	HOPPER	A top-loaded, funnel-shaped <STRUCTURE> for temporary holding of loose <MATERIAL> that will be dispensed from its bottom; hopper.	530	PR	[FACC, Annex A: AF080]
STD 2005/06/07	HOP_FIELD	A <TRACT> covered by the systematic planting of hop vines; hop field.	529	PR	[FACC, Annex A: EA055]
STD 2005/06/07	HORSE	A solid-hoofed perissodactyl ungulate <MAMMAL> of the family Equidae; horse [SOED, "horse", 1].	531
STD 2005/06/07	HOSPITAL_BUILDING	A <BUILDING> used to provide inpatient medical, surgical, or psychiatric care and treatment for the sick or the injured; hospital building.	532
STD 2005/06/07	HOSTEL	A <BUILDING> used to provide supervised, inexpensive lodging for travellers, especially young travellers; hostel [AHD, "hostel", 1].	533
STD 2005/06/07	HOTEL	A <BUILDING> used to provide lodging, and usually meals and other services, for travellers and other paying guests; hotel [AHD, "hotel"].	534
STD 2005/06/07	HOUSE	A <BUILDING> serving as a <DWELLING> for one or more <HUMAN>s, especially for a family; house [AHD, "house", 1.a].	535
STD 2005/06/07	HULK	A permanently moored <WATER_SURFACE_VESSEL>; hulk.	536	PR	[S57A, Object: HULKES]
STD 2005/06/07	HUMAN	A member of the <ANIMAL> species Homo sapiens; human [SOED, "human", B.1].	537
STD 2005/06/07	HUMMOCK	A small, more or less rounded, protruberance rising above the level of the surrounding <TERRAIN>; hummock [SOED, "hummock", 1 and 2]. EXAMPLES A coastal sand-hill, a mound or <RIDGE> in an <ICE_FIELD>, a <TRACT> of higher <<TERRAIN_ELEVATION>> than the <WETLAND> that surrounds it.	538	IR	[FACC, Annex A: BH077]
STD 2005/06/07	HURRICANE	A warm core <TROPICAL_CYCLONE> with a maximum surface <<WIND_SPEED>> of 33 metres per second or greater in the North Atlantic, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern North Pacific; hurricane.	539	PR	[WMO182, H0860, "hurricane"]
STD 2005/06/07	HUT	A small, simple, or crude <HOUSE> or <SHELTER>; hut.	540	PR	[FACC, Annex A: AL100]
STD 2005/06/07	HYDROFOIL_VESSEL	A <WATER_SURFACE_VESSEL> supported on airfoil-like pontoons where the bulk of the hull remains above the <WATERBODY_SURFACE> while in motion; hydrofoil vessel.	541			[SOED, "hydrofoil", 2]
STD 2005/06/07	HYDROGRAPHIC_LOCK	A <LOCK_BASIN> with a pair or series of <LOCK_GATE>s used for raising or lowering <VESSEL>s as they pass from one level to another; hydrographic lock.	542	IR	[FACC, Annex A: BI030]
STD 2005/06/07	HYDROGRAPHIC_SURVEY- _CONTACT	An <UNDERWATER_OBJECT> detected during a hydrographic survey; hydrographic survey contact.	543
STD 2005/06/07	HYDROGRAPHY	A <WATERBODY> and its adjoining <SHORE>s; hydrography.	544			[SOED, "hydrography", 2]
STD 2005/06/07	HYDROLOGIC_OBJECT	A planetary <OBJECT> related to <WATER>; hydrologic object.	545			[SOED, "hydrology", 2]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE	Frozen <WATER>; ice [SOED, "ice", 1.a].	546
STD 2005/06/07	ICEBERG	A very large mass of <ICE> floating loose in a <WATERBODY> after becoming detached from a <GLACIER> or <ICE_SHELF>; iceberg [SOED, "iceberg", 2].	556
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_BOOM	A floating <BARRIER> constrained by <ANCHOR>s and used to deflect the path of floating <ICE> in order to prevent the obstruction of <HYDROGRAPHIC_LOCK>s or <WATER_INTAKE>s or to prevent damage to <BRIDGE_PIER>s or other <STRUCTURE>s; ice boom.	547	PR	[FACC, Annex A: BB202]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_CLIFF	A perpendicular or steep face of a <GLACIER> or <ICE_SHELF> of considerable <<HEIGHT>>; ice cliff.	548	IR	[FACC, Annex A: BJ040]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_FIELD	A <FROZEN_PRECIPITATION_FIELD> that consists of <ICE>; ice-field.	549
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_GLAZE	A coating of <ICE>, generally clear and smooth, formed on exposed <OBJECT>s by the freezing of a film of supercooled <WATER> deposited by <RAIN>, <DRIZZLE>, or <FOG> or possibly condensed from supercooled water vapour; ice glaze. <ICE_GLAZE> is denser, harder, and more transparent than either <RIME> or <HOAR_FROST>.	550	IR	[GMET, "glaze"]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_KEEL	An irregular, linear, downward extension of <ICE> formed where two moving masses of <ICE> collide on a <WATERBODY>; ice keel.	551	IR	[SP35, "ice keel"]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_PEAK	A rocky peak that may be perpetually covered with <ICE> and that projects above a surrounding <ICE_FIELD>; ice peak. An ice peak is also known as a nunatak.	552	PR	[FACC, Annex A: BJ060]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_PELLETS	<SOLID_PRECIPITATION> of transparent or translucent <PARTICLE>s of <ICE> that are spherical or irregular, rarely conical, and that have an <<OUTSIDE_DIAMETER>> of 5 millimetres or less; ice pellets. <SMALL_HAIL> is a form of ice pellets.	553	PR	[WMO182, I0150, "ice pellets"]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_SHELF	A thick sheet of <ICE> usually of great extent, mostly afloat on a <WATERBODY_SURFACE>, with a level or undulating <SURFACE> and attached to <LAND>; ice shelf. The seaward edge is termed an <ICE_CLIFF> (ice front).	554	PR	[FACC, Annex A: BJ065]
STD 2005/06/07	ICE_SLUDGE	Spongy whitish lumps of <ICE> a few centimetres in <<OUTSIDE_DIAMETER>> that are floating on the <WATERBODY_SURFACE> of a shallow <SEA>; ice sludge.	555	IR	[SP35, "sludge"]
STD 2005/06/07	IFR_REGION	A <REGION> in which IFR should be observed.	557	IR	[AIM]
STD 2005/06/07	ILS_COMPONENT	An air navigation <COMPONENT> that is essential to the establishment and execution of a precision approach based on an ILS.	558	PR	[FACC, Annex A: GA048]
STD 2005/06/07	ILS_TERMINAL_COMPONENT	An <ATS_ROUTE_COMPONENT> designated for channelling the flow of air traffic via ILS terminal procedures.	559	PR	[FACC, Annex A: GA049]
SUBM 2007/09/04	IMPROVISED_EXPLOSIVE- _DEVICE	A bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action; improvised explosive device (IED). IEDs are explosive devices of varying sizes, operating and delivery methods; and consist of almost any type of explosive and initiator. They are designed to cause death or injury by using explosives alone or in combination with toxic <<CHEMICAL_AGENT_TYPE>>, <<BIOLOGICAL_AGENT_TYPE>>, or <<RADIOLOGICAL_AGENT_TYPE>> <MATERIAL>. Each is relatively unique in nature because the creator must improvise using the <MATERIAL>s at hand. And, although unique in nature, IEDs fall into three categories - package, vehicle-borne, and suicide bombs.
STD 2005/06/07	INCINERATOR	A permanent <STRUCTURE> used for the disposal of waste products by burning; incinerator.	560	PR	[FACC, Annex A: AB020]
STD 2005/06/07	INDIGENOUS_BURIAL_GROUND	A <CEMETERY> for native peoples, generally without <MEMORIAL_MONUMENT>s; indigenous burial ground.	561			[SOED, "burial ground"]
STD 2005/06/07	INDIGENOUS_PEOPLES_RESERVE	A <TRACT>and associated <STRUCTURE>s set apart specifically for the use of a native people; indigenous peoples reserve.	562
STD 2005/06/07	INDIVIDUAL_FIGHTING- _POSITION	A <FIGHTING_POSITION> designed to accommodate an individual soldier and that soldier's <EQUIPMENT>.	563
STD 2005/06/07	INDUSTRIAL_BUILDING	A <BUILDING> used for the manufacture of goods or the processing of <MATERIAL>s; industrial building.	564
STD 2005/06/07	INDUSTRIAL_OVEN	An industrial <STRUCTURE> used for hardening, burning, or heating <MATERIAL>s (for example: grain, meal, clay, or wood); industrial oven.	565
STD 2005/06/07	INDUSTRIAL_WORKS	The <STRUCTURE>s, <GROUNDS>, and <EQUIPMENT> of a manufacturing <FACILITY>; industrial works.	566	PR	[FACC, Annex A: AC050]
STD 2005/06/07	INFANTRY_TRENCH	A <MILITARY_TRENCH>, typically integrated into a complex <SYSTEM> of <TERRAIN_OBSTACLE>s, that is used to provide cover, concealment, protected <FIGHTING_POSITION>s, and communications capability for infantry.	567
STD 2005/06/07	INFRARED_MATERIAL_PROPERTY- _SET	A <PROPERTY_SET> describing the infrared properties of the <MATERIAL>s composing an <OBJECT>.	568
STD 2005/06/07	INLAND_SHORELINE	The <SHORELINE> of an inland <WATERBODY>.	569	IR	[FACC, Annex A: BH210]

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