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
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
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
ICAO WXXM 3.0.0	cloudType