NODC CODES USED IN THE OCEAN CLIMATE LABORATORY DATA SYSTEM. CODES ARE THE SAME AS THOSE USED BY NODC EXCEPT WHERE A VALUE IS FOLLOWED BY A VALUE IN PARENTHESES. THE VALUE IN PARENTHESES IS THE VALUE NODC USES. NA MEANS NOT AVAILABLE (AS AN OPTION). [*] MEANS DEFAULT VALUE. THE DEFAULT VALUE IS ASSUMED IF THE CODE IS NOT INCLUDED IN AN OCL PROFILE. FIRST NUMBER: OCL CODE SECOND NUMBER: NODC CODE THIRD NUMBER: CODE DESCRIPTION 27 0053 CLOUD TYPE (WMO500) -- ---- -------------------- 0 -- CIRRUS (CI) 1 -- CIRROCUMULUS (CC) 2 -- CIRROSTRATUS (CS) 3 -- ALTOCUMULUS (AC) 4 -- ALTOSTRATUS (AS) 5 -- NIMBOSTRATUS (NS) 6 -- STRATOCUMULUS (SC) 7 -- STRATUS (ST) 8 -- CUMULUS (CU) 9 -- CUMULONIMBUS (CB) 10 (X) -- CLOUD NOT VISIBLE OWING TO DARKNESS, FOG, DUSTSTORM, SANDSTORM, OR OTHER ANALOGOUS PHENOMENA * ( ) -- NOT RECORDED