Ceilometer measurements

• Main Author: NSF Arctic Data Center
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2010
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD CEILING; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > LIDAR/LASER SOUNDERS > LIDAR > LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; OBSERVATORY; MANNED PERMANENT STATION; STATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; 30 METERS TO 100 METERS; 1 SECOND TO 1 MINUTE; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Arctic; Greenland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A25047

This data set contains measurements from a Vaisala ceilometer that is deployed at Summit Station, Greenland. This ceilometer points near-vertically and provides estimates of cloud base height (for up to three layers) and the total visibility, based on Vaisala's proprietary algorithm. Detailed i...