EA: HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED
EE: CIRRUS_gt45_ARC_DEGREE
Status:
STD 2005/06/07
Code:
7
EA label:
HIGH_CLOUD_TYPE_OBSERVED
Concept definition:
Cirrus (often in bands) and cirrostratus or cirrostratus alone that are progressively invading the sky and that generally thicken as a whole; cirrus greater than 45 arc degree. The continuous veil extends more than 45 arc degrees above the horizon without the sky being totally covered.
Reference type:
PR
Reference:
[
WMO306
, Volume I.1, Part A, Code table 0509:6]
Supplemental references:
[
WMO407
, Section II. 8.2.3.7]
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