University of Canterbury's Vaisala CL51 Ceilometer on the Aurora Australis 2015-2016

A Vaisala CL51 ceilometer, owned by the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, was deployed aboard all voyages aboard Aurora Australis during season 2015/16. The ceilometer provided vertical profiles of cloud backscatter, as well as cloud base height and ceilometer instrumental status...

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Other Authors: ALEXANDER, SIMON (hasPrincipalInvestigator), ALEXANDER, SIMON (processor), MCDONALD, ADRIAN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
CLOUD PROPERTIES
EARTH SCIENCE &gt
ATMOSPHERE &gt
ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR &gt
WATER VAPOR PROFILES &gt
VERTICALLY RESOLVED BACKSCATTER LIGHT
CLOUD BACKSCATTER
VAISALA CL51
CEILOMETERS
VCEIL &gt
Vaisala Ceilometer
R/V AA &gt
R/V Aurora Australis
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
CONTINENT &gt
ANTARCTICA
SOUTHERN OCEAN &gt
MACQUARIE ISLAND
Christchurch
New Zealand
Southern Ocean
Antarc*
Antarctica
aurora australis
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://researchdata.edu.au/university-canterburys-vaisala-2015-2016/1432003
https://doi.org/10.26179/5d9ff8626b633
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4292_AA_Ceilometer
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:A Vaisala CL51 ceilometer, owned by the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, was deployed aboard all voyages aboard Aurora Australis during season 2015/16. The ceilometer provided vertical profiles of cloud backscatter, as well as cloud base height and ceilometer instrumental status information. One netCDF file per hour Resolution: 10m vertically x 6 seconds. Time period: 19 October 2015 – 22 February 2016 All times in UT (Universal Time) Data converted into netCDF files by Peter Kuma, University of Canterbury.

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