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EA: CLOUD_SKY_COVER_LAYER_TYPE
EE: CUMULUS

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 9
EA label: CLOUD_SKY_COVER_LAYER_TYPE

Concept definition: Detached <CLOUD>s that are generally dense with sharp outlines and develop vertically in the form of rising mounds, domes, and/or towers, the bulging upper part of which often resembles a cauliflower; cumulus [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "cumulus"]. The sunlit parts of these <CLOUD>s are mostly brilliant white and the bases are relatively dark and nearly horizontal.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [WMO306, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0500:8]
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