Instrument : Vaisala Ceilometer (VCEIL)
Beneficiary of Recovery Act funding.
Instrument Categories
Cloud Properties
Picture of the Vaisala Ceilometer (Model CL31)
General Overview
The Vaisala Ceilometer (VCEIL) is a self-contained, ground-based, active, remote-sensing device designed to measure cloud-base height, vertical visibility, and potential backscatter signals by aerosols. It detects up to three cloud layers simultaneously. Model CL31 has a maximum vertical range of 7700 m. The laser ceilometer transmits near-infrared pulses of light and the receiver detects the light scattered back by clouds and precipitation.
Output Datastreams
- vceil25k : Vaisala Ceilometer (VCEIL): cloud base heights, 25,000 feet max range
Primary Measurements
The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant.
Locations
- North Slope Alaska (NSA)
- Central Facility, Atqasuk AK (C2)
- Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
- Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Hillsboro, KS (Boundary) (B1)
- Morris, OK (Boundary) (B5)
- Purcell, OK (B6)
- Vici, OK (Boundary) (B4)
- Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
- Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3)
- Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1)
- Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2)
- 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 (MAG)
- Los Angeles, CA to Honolulu, HI - container ship Horizon Spirit (M1)
- 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)
Contact(s)
Victor Morris
(509) 372-6144
victor.morris@pnnl.gov
