Documentation for FMI Meteorological Objects

Simple Type: cloudCoverAnnex3Type

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Super-types:	xs:string < cloudCoverAnnex3Type (by restriction)
Sub-types:	None

Name	cloudCoverAnnex3Type
Used by (from the same schema document)	Complex Type CloudAreaType
Content	Base XSD Type: string value comes from list: {'SKC'\|'FEW'\|'SCT'\|'BKN'\|'OVC'\|'ISOL'\|'OCNL'\|'FRQ'\|'EMBD'}
Documentation	From the ICAO's "Annex 3 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation", Appendix 1, page 16. SKC sky clear (0/8) FEW few (1/8 to 2/8) SCT scattered (3/8 to 4/8) BKN broken (5/8 to 7/8) OVC overcast (8/8) ISOL individual CBs (isolated, CB only) OCNL well-separated CBs (occasional, CB only) FRQ CBs with little or no separation (frequent, CB only) EMBD CBs embedded in layers of other clouds or concealed by haze (embedded, CB only)

Diagram

Schema Component Representation

<xs:simpleType name="cloudCoverAnnex3Type">

<xs:restriction base=" xs:string ">

<xs:enumeration value="SKC"/>

<xs:enumeration value="FEW"/>

<xs:enumeration value="SCT"/>

<xs:enumeration value="BKN"/>

<xs:enumeration value="OVC"/>

<xs:enumeration value="ISOL"/>

<xs:enumeration value="OCNL"/>

<xs:enumeration value="FRQ"/>

<xs:enumeration value="EMBD"/>

</xs:restriction>

</xs:simpleType>