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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: PR
Reference: [WMO407, Section II.7.7]
Supplemental references:  
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07		 BELOW_STATION_CLOUD-
_TYPE		 STRATOCUMULUS A grey or whitish or both grey and whitish patch, sheet, and/or <CLOUD_LAYER> that almost always has dark parts composed of tessellations, rounded masses, or rolls, that are non-fibrous (except for virga) and which may or may not be merged; stratocumulus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "stratocumulus"]. Most of the regularly arranged, small elements have an apparent width of more than 5 arc degrees as observed from the <PLANETARY_SURFACE>. 7 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:6]  
STD
2005/06/07		 BELOW_STATION_CLOUD-
_TYPE		 STRATUS A generally grey <CLOUD_LAYER> with a fairly uniform base that may give <DRIZZLE>, ice prisms, or <SNOW_GRAINS>; stratus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "stratus"]. When the <SUN> is visible through the <CLOUD_LAYER>, its outline is clearly discernible and does not show halo phenomena except possibly at very low <<AIR_TEMPERATURE>>s. 8 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:7]  
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