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EA: MIDDLE_CLOUD_GENUS
EE: ALTOCUMULUS

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

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. 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: [WMO407, Section II.2.3.1, "altocumulus"]
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