Cloud
urn:aero:airm:1.0.0:LogicalModel:Subjects:Meteorology:Cloud
A hydrometeor consisting of minute particles of liquid water or ice, or of both, suspended in the free air and usually not touching the ground. It may also include larger particles of liquid water or ice and non-aqueous liquid or solid particles such as those present in fumes, smoke and dust.
Source:
WMO International Meteorological Vocabulary
Synonyms:
Cloud Layer
Parent concept:
WeatherPhenomenon
Properties:
Properties | Definition | Type |
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cloudAmount | Fraction of the sky covered by the clouds of a certain genus, species, variety, layer or combination of clouds. | CodeCloudAmountType |
isWidespread | Affecting a large area. |
Boolean |
isObscured | Hidden or out of sight by haze, smoke or cloud for example. |
Boolean |
isNoSignificantCloudDetected | No clouds of operational significance are detected by the ceilometer(s) in reports from fully automatic observing systems. |
Boolean |
isNoCloudDetected | No clouds are detected by the automatic observing system. |
Boolean |
isEmbedded | Surrounded, or part of a wider cloud layer, in opposition to isolated. |
Boolean |
isAmoutAndBaseNotObservable | Indication that cumulonimbus clouds or towering cumulus clouds are detected by the automatic observing system but the cloud amount and the height of cloud base cannot be observed. |
Boolean |
cloudType | Categorization of the cloud depending on its main characteristics. | CodeCloudType |
cloudAmount
urn:aero:airm:1.0.0:LogicalModel:Subjects:Meteorology:Cloud@cloudAmount
Fraction of the sky covered by the clouds of a certain genus, species, variety, layer or combination of clouds.
type: CodeCloudAmountType
Model | Concept |
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ICAO WXXM 3.0.0 |
amount |
isWidespread
urn:aero:airm:1.0.0:LogicalModel:Subjects:Meteorology:Cloud@isWidespread
Affecting a large area.
type: Boolean
isObscured
urn:aero:airm:1.0.0:LogicalModel:Subjects:Meteorology:Cloud@isObscured
Hidden or out of sight by haze, smoke or cloud for example.
type: Boolean
isNoSignificantCloudDetected
urn:aero:airm:1.0.0:LogicalModel:Subjects:Meteorology:Cloud@isNoSignificantCloudDetected
No clouds of operational significance are detected by the ceilometer(s) in reports from fully automatic observing systems.
type: Boolean
isNoCloudDetected
urn:aero:airm:1.0.0:LogicalModel:Subjects:Meteorology:Cloud@isNoCloudDetected
No clouds are detected by the automatic observing system.
type: Boolean
isEmbedded
urn:aero:airm:1.0.0:LogicalModel:Subjects:Meteorology:Cloud@isEmbedded
Surrounded, or part of a wider cloud layer, in opposition to isolated.
type: Boolean
isAmoutAndBaseNotObservable
urn:aero:airm:1.0.0:LogicalModel:Subjects:Meteorology:Cloud@isAmoutAndBaseNotObservable
Indication that cumulonimbus clouds or towering cumulus clouds are detected by the automatic observing system but the cloud amount and the height of cloud base cannot be observed.
type: Boolean
cloudType
urn:aero:airm:1.0.0:LogicalModel:Subjects:Meteorology:Cloud@cloudType
Categorization of the cloud depending on its main characteristics.
type: CodeCloudType
Model | Concept |
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ICAO WXXM 3.0.0 |
cloudType |