blc

BLC is currently inactive and/or retired. This instrument was replaced by a Vaisala 25k ceilometer in the summer of 2000.

The Belfort laser ceilometer (BLC) Model 7013C field unit is a self-contained, ground-based, optical, active remote-sensing instrument with the ability to detect and process several cloud-related parameters. These parameters include cloud height, extinction coefficient, cloud layers, and time/date reference information. The ceilometer system detects clouds by transmitting pulses of infrared light vertically into the atmosphere. The receiver telescope detects scattered light from clouds and precipitation.

Cloud, base height, lowest cloud detected

Southern Great Plains

• Latitude: 36.607322
• Longitude: -97.487643
• Publication Date: 1994-08-11
• Start Date: 1994-08-11
• End Date: 2000-05-23
• Last Updated: 2004-10-26

https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#blc

Connor Flynn

University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025158
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 1994, updated hourly. Belfort Laser Ceilometer (BLC). 1994-08-11 to 2000-05-23, Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1). Compiled by C. Flynn. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025158.