EA: BELOW_STATION_CLOUD_TYPE
EE: CIRROCUMULUS
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
2
EA label:
BELOW_STATION_CLOUD_TYPE
Concept definition:
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
>.
Reference type:
PR
Reference:
[
WMO306
, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:1]
Supplemental references:
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