EA: CLOUD_SKY_COVER_LAYER_TYPE
EE: ALTOCUMULUS
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
4
EA label:
CLOUD_SKY_COVER_LAYER_TYPE
Concept definition:
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
>.
Reference type:
PR
Reference:
[
WMO306
, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:3]
Supplemental references:
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