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EA: BELOW_STATION_CLOUD_TYPE

Status:

STD 2005/06/07

Code:

162

Concept definition:

The type of <CLOUD>s that comprise a <CLOUD_LAYER> below an <OBSERVATION_STATION> located in the <MOUNTAIN>s on <EARTH>.

Attribute value type:

ENUMERATION

Reference type:

Reference:

[WMO407, Section II.7.7]

Supplemental references:

Enumerants (presented in a natural order)

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Status	Attribute label	Enumerant label ▾	Concept definition	Code	Ref type	Reference
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	ALTOCUMULUS	A white or grey or both white and grey patch, sheet, and/or <CLOUD_LAYER>, generally with shading, composed of laminae, rounded masses, or rolls, which are fibrous or diffuse and which may or may not be merged; altocumulus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "altocumulus"]. Most of the regularly arranged, small elements usually have an apparent width between 1 and 5 arc degrees as observed from the <PLANETARY_SURFACE>.	4	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:3]
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	ALTOSTRATUS	A gray and/or bluish cloud sheet and/or <CLOUD_LAYER> of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance that totally or partially covers the sky and has parts thin enough to reveal the <SUN> at least vaguely, as through ground glass, and does not show halo phenomena; altostratus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "altostratus"].	5	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:4]
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	CIRROCUMULUS	A thin and white patch, sheet and/or <CLOUD_LAYER> without shading that is composed of very small elements in the form of grains and/or ripples that are merged or separated and more or less regularly arranged; cirrocumulus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "cirrocumulus"]. Most of the elements have an apparent width of less than one arc degree as observed from the <PLANETARY_SURFACE>.	2	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:1]
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	CIRROSTRATUS	A transparent, whitish veil of <CLOUD>s of fibrous or smooth appearance that totally or partially covers the sky and generally produces halo phenomena; cirrostratus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "cirrostratus"].	3	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:2]
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	CIRRUS	Detached <CLOUD>s in a form of white delicate filaments and/or white or mostly white patches or narrow bands; cirrus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "cirrus"].	1	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:0]
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	CUMULONIMBUS	A heavy and dense <CLOUD> with considerable vertical extent in the form of a mountain or a set of huge towers; cumulonimbus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "cumulonimbus"]. At least part of its upper portion is usually smooth, fibrous, or striated, and nearly always flattened. This portion often spreads out in the shape of an anvil or vast plume.	10	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:9]
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	CUMULUS	Detached <CLOUD>s that are generally dense with sharp outlines and develop vertically in the form of rising mounds, domes, and/or towers, the bulging upper part of which often resembles a cauliflower; cumulus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "cumulus"]. The sunlit parts of these <CLOUD>s are mostly brilliant white and the bases are relatively dark and nearly horizontal.	9	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:8]
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	NIMBOSTRATUS	A grey <CLOUD_LAYER> that is often dark with an appearance rendered diffuse by more or less continuously falling <RAIN> and/or <SNOW_PRECIPITATION>, which in most cases reaches the <PLANETARY_SURFACE>, and thick enough throughout to blot out the <SUN>; nimbostratus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "nimbostratus"].	6	PR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:5]
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	NOT_VISIBLE	<CLOUD>s are not visible due to darkness and/or <FOG>, blowing <DUST>, blowing <SAND>, or other obscuring phenomena.	11	IR	[WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:/]
STD 2005/06/07	BELOW_STATION_CLOUD- _TYPE	NO_CLOUDS	No <CLOUD>s are present.	12	IR	[WMO306, Volume I.2, Part B, Code table 0-20-012:10, 20, and 30]

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