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.
CEIL
ceil: Ceilometer
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
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2019
Tjernström M, M Shupe, I Brooks, P Achtert, J Prytherch, and J Sedlar. 2019. "Arctic Summer Airmass Transformation, Surface Inversions, and the Surface Energy Budget." Journal of Climate, 32(3), 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0216.1.
Hicks M, B Demoz, K Vermeesch, and D Atkinson. 2019. "Intercomparison of Mixing Layer Heights from the National Weather Service Ceilometer Test Sites and Collocated Radiosondes." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 36(1), 10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0058.1.
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2018
Wu P, B Xi, X Dong, and Z Zhang. 2018. "Evaluation of autoconversion and accretion enhancement factors in general circulation model warm-rain parameterizations using ground-based measurements over the Azores." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(23), 10.5194/acp-18-17405-2018.
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Solomon A, G de Boer, J Creamean, A McComiskey, M Shupe, M Maahn, and C Cox. 2018. "The relative impact of cloud condensation nuclei and ice nucleating particle concentrations on phase partitioning in Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus clouds." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(23), 10.5194/acp-18-17047-2018.
Naud C, J Booth, and F Lamraoui. 2018. "Post Cold Frontal Clouds at the ARM Eastern North Atlantic Site: An Examination of the Relationship Between Large-Scale Environment and Low-Level Cloud Properties." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(21), 10.1029/2018JD029015.
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Zheng Y, D Rosenfeld, and Z Li. 2018. "The Relationships Between Cloud Top Radiative Cooling Rates, Surface Latent Heat Fluxes, and Cloud-Base Heights in Marine Stratocumulus." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(20), 10.1029/2018JD028579.
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