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EA:  HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 458
Concept definition: The type of observed <HIGH_CLOUD>s.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: PR
Reference: [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509]
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		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED CIRROCUMULUS Cirrocumulus alone, or cirrocumulus predominant among the <HIGH_CLOUD>s. 10 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:9] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.10]
STD
2005/06/07		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED CIRRUS_FIBRATUS Cirrus fibratus and sometimes cirrus uncinus that are not progressively invading the sky. 2 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:1] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.2]
STD
2005/06/07		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED CIRRUS_gt45_ARC_DEGREE Cirrus (often in bands) and cirrostratus or cirrostratus alone that are progressively invading the sky and that generally thicken as a whole; cirrus greater than 45 arc degree. The continuous veil extends more than 45 arc degrees above the horizon without the sky being totally covered. 7 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:6] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.7]
STD
2005/06/07		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED CIRRUS_le45_ARC_DEGREE Cirrus (often in bands) and cirrostratus or cirrostratus alone that are progressively invading the sky and generally thicken as a whole, but the continuous veil does not reach 45 arc degrees above the horizon; cirrus less than or equal to 45 arc degree. 6 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:5] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.6]
STD
2005/06/07		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED CIRRUS_SPISSATUS Cirrus spissatus cumulonimbo genitus. 4 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:3] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.4]
STD
2005/06/07		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED CIRRUS_UNCINUS Cirrus uncinus and/or fibratus that are progressively invading the sky and generally thicken as a whole. 5 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:4] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.5]
STD
2005/06/07		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED CRSTRAT_COVERING_SKY Cirrostratus covering the entire sky. 8 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:7] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.8]
STD
2005/06/07		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED CRSTRAT_INVADING Cirrostratus not progressively invading the sky and not entirely covering it. 9 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:8] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.9]
STD
2005/06/07		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED HIGH_CLOUDS_INVISIBLE <HIGH_CLOUD>s invisible owing to darkness, <FOG>, blowing <DUST> or <SAND>, or other similar phenomena or because of a continuous lower <CLOUD_LAYER>. 11 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:/] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.11]
STD
2005/06/07		 HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED NO_HIGH_CLOUDS No <HIGH_CLOUD>s. 1 PR [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:0] [WMO407, Section II. 8.2.3.1]
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