Ceilometer (CEIL): cloud-base heights (ceil)

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The ceilometer (CEIL) is a remote-sensing instrument that measures cloud height, vertical visibility, and potential backscatter signals by aerosols. It detects up to three cloud layers simultaneously. Operating through a maximum vertical range of 7700 m, the CEIL transmits near-infrared pulses of light and the receiver detects the light scattered back by clouds and precipitation.

Location

SHEBA (Surface HEat Budget of the Arctic)
  • Latitude: 72.58
  • Longitude: -38.48
  • Publication Date: 1997-10-12
  • Start Date: 1997-10-12
  • End Date: 1998-09-30
  • Last Updated: 2014-10-07

Instrument Mentor

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

Connor Flynn
University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
Victor Morris
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Brian Ermold
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Damao Zhang
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

DOI / Citation

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1181954
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 1997, updated hourly. Ceilometer (CEIL). 1997-10-12 to 1998-09-30, SHEBA (Surface HEat Budget of the Arctic) (SHB) Ice Station SHEBA (C1). Compiled by V. Morris, C. Flynn, D. Zhang and B. Ermold. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1181954.