Ceilometer Cloud Structure Measurements at Scott Base, 2022-Present
The ceilometer (Vaisala CL51) provides timeseries vertical profiles of cloud backscatter, as well as cloud base height and detection status. (up to three cloud bases, where visible). The ceilometer was established in 2022.
Hourly netCDF format data files containing the raw backscattered signal from the ceilometer
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- Date (Creation)
- 2024-06-07T15:55:08
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-07T15:55:09
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- On going
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role McDonald, A.
Author University of Canterbury
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- Weekly
- Keywords
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CLOUD BACKSCATTER
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VAISALA CL51
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INSTALLATION
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K055A
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- GCMD Earth Science and Earth Science Services Keywords
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CLOUD HEIGHT
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VERTICALLY RESOLVED BACKSCATTER LIGHT
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METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
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GROUND STATIONS
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- GCMD Instrument/Sensors Keywords
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CEILOMETERS
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VCEIL
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- GCMD Locations Keywords
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ANTARCTICA
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ROSS ISLAND
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This data set conforms to the CC BY Attribution License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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Creative Commons Attribution 4
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- English
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- 2022-01-01
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- 0234867e-7ef0-4403-a0e0-d80890f60313 XML
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- English
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- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-06-07T04:08:26
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ISO 19115
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2003
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Antarctica New Zealand
Point of contact