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University of Canterbury's Vaisala CL51 Ceilometer on the Aurora Australis 2015-2016

Australian Antarctic Data Centre
ALEXANDER, SIMON ; MCDONALD, ADRIAN
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A Vaisala CL51 ceilometer, owned by the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, was deployed aboard all voyages aboard Aurora Australis during season 2015/16. The ceilometer provided vertical profiles of cloud backscatter, as well as cloud base height and ceilometer instrumental status information.

One netCDF file per hour

Resolution: 10m vertically x 6 seconds.

Time period: 19 October 2015 – 22 February 2016

All times in UT (Universal Time)

Data converted into netCDF files by Peter Kuma, University of Canterbury.

Issued: 2019-07-29

Data time period: 2015-10-19 to 2016-02-22

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ATMOSPHERE | CEILOMETERS | CLOUD BACKSCATTER | CLOUD BASE HEIGHT | CLOUD PROPERTIES | CLOUDS | CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA | EARTH SCIENCE | EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES > VERTICALLY RESOLVED BACKSCATTER LIGHT | GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN | OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > MACQUARIE ISLAND | R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis | VAISALA CL51 | VCEIL > Vaisala Ceilometer | climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |

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