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EA: HIGH_CLOUD_GENUS
EE: CIRROCUMULUS

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 1
EA label: HIGH_CLOUD_GENUS

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. Most of the elements have an apparent width of less than one arc degree as observed from the <PLANETARY_SURFACE>.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "cirrocumulus"]
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