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EA: AEROSOL_PARTICLE_TYPE
EE: MIST

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 4
EA label: AEROSOL_PARTICLE_TYPE

Concept definition: A <LOCALIZED_ATM_SUSPENSION> consisting of a visible aggregate of microscopic water droplets or wet hygroscopic <PARTICLE>s (of <<OUTSIDE_DIAMETER>> not less than 0,5 millimetre (0,02 inches)), reducing the horizontal <<VISIBILITY_DISTANCE>> at the <PLANETARY_SURFACE> to not less than 1 kilometre (5/8 miles); mist. The visibility reduction is less than for <FOG>.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [GMET, "mist"]
Supplemental references: [JMCDM, "AEROSOL-ELEMENT-ANALYSIS-FORECAST element code":BR], [WMO182, M1520, "mist", 1], [FMH1, 8.3.2, a]

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