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EA: CLOUD_SKY_COVER_LAYER_TYPE
EE: ALTOSTRATUS

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 5
EA label: CLOUD_SKY_COVER_LAYER_TYPE

Concept definition: A grey and/or bluish cloud sheet and/or <CLOUD_LAYER> of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance that totally or partially covers the sky and has parts thin enough to reveal the <SUN> at least vaguely, as through ground glass, and does not show halo phenomena; altostratus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "altostratus"].
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:4]
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