Entry: Type of high clouds
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URI: http://codes.wmo.int/wmdr/ObservedVariableAtmosphere/551
Type of clouds of genera Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, or Cirrostratus. These occur between 3-8 km (polar regions), 5-13 km (temperate regions) and 6-18 km (tropics) above ground [ref: WMO, International Cloud Atlas, 2017 ed.]
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Type of clouds of genera Cirrus, Cirrocumulus, or Cirrostratus. These occur between 3-8 km (polar regions), 5-13 km (temperate regions) and 6-18 km (tropics) above ground [ref: WMO, International Cloud Atlas, 2017 ed.]
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Type of high clouds
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551
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