2009\London\KSS + KSS45W Ceilometer Rawdata

London\2009\KSS Ceilometer  Rawdata

London\2009\KSS45W\Ceilometer Rawdata

Type: Vaisala Ceilometer CL31 Instrument A

Files: Are Zipped by month
Internal  Filenames:

     Example A8112913.dat
     Letter: Ceilometer identifier: A
    Year:8  >>>> 2008
    Month : 11
    Date: 29
    Hour:13 
     Format: Ascii

See Vaisala CL31 Manual
 Site:
Country UK
City London
Location King’s College London (K)/ Strand Campus (S)/ Strand Building (S)
Height: on roof 

Location King’s College London (K)/ Strand Campus (S)/ Strand Building (S) 45W  - 45 m W of KSS tower

Height: on roof - up on (half floor >1 m)

Publications
Kotthaus S, CSB Grimmond 2018: Atmospheric Boundary Layer Characteristics from Ceilometer Measurements Part 1: A new method to track mixed layer height and classify clouds QJRMS https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.329 
Kotthaus S, E O'Connor, C Münkel, C Charlton-Perez, CSB Grimmond 2016: Recommendations for processing atmospheric backscatter profiles from Vaisala CL31 Ceilometers Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3769-3791, 10.5194/amt-9-3769-2016    
Loridan T, CSB Grimmond, BD Offerle, DT Young, T Smith, L Järvi, F Lindberg 2011: Local-Scale Urban Meteorological Parameterization Scheme (LUMPS): longwave radiation parameterization & seasonality related developments J. of Applied Meteorology & Climatology. 50: 185-202 doi: 10.1175/2010äMC2474.1