Datastream : VCEIL25K

Vaisala Ceilometer (VCEIL): cloud base heights, 25,000 feet max range

Active Dates
1996.10.11 - 2012.09.24

Measurement Categories
Aerosols, Cloud Properties

Originating Instrument
Vaisala Ceilometer (VCEIL)

Measurements

The measurements below provided by this product are those considered scientifically relevant.

Measurement Variable
backscatter
first_cbh
second_cbh
third_cbh

Locations

  • North Slope Alaska (NSA)
    • Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
    • Central Facility, Atqasuk AK (C2)
  • Southern Great Plains (SGP)
    • Hillsboro, KS (Boundary) (B1)
    • Vici, OK (Boundary) (B4)
    • Morris, OK (Boundary) (B5)
    • Purcell, OK (B6)
    • Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
  • Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
    • Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1)
    • Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2)
    • Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3)
  • ARM Mobile Facility (FKB)
    • Black Forest, Germany (M1)
  • ARM Mobile Facility (GAN)
    • Gan Airport, Gan Island, Maldives (M1)
  • ARM Mobile Facility (GRW)
    • Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal (M1)
  • ARM Mobile Facility (HFE)
    • Shouxian, Anhui, China (M1)
    • Tai Hu (lake), Zhejiang/Jiangsu, China; Supplemental (S1)
  • ARM Mobile Facility (NIM)
    • Niamey, Niger (M1)
  • ARM Mobile Facility (PGH)
    • ARIES Observatory, Nainital, Uttarkhand, India (M1)
  • ARM Mobile Facility (PVC)
    • Highland Center, Cape Cod MA; AMF 1 (M1)
  • ARM Mobile Facility (PYE)
    • Point Reyes, CA (M1)
  • ARM Mobile Facility (SBS)
    • Steamboat Springs CO, Valley Site (M1)
  • SHEBA (Surface HEat Budget of the Arctic) (SHB)
    • Ice Station SHEBA (C1)

Contact(s)

Victor Morris
(509) 372-6144
victor.morris@pnnl.gov