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CLOUD HEIGHT CEILOMETERS

Measure cloud-base height and vertical visibility with continuous observation.

WHAT IT IS

Optical atmospheric instruments used to determine the height of cloud bases and observe vertical visibility.

WHAT IT DOES

Sends light into the atmosphere and analyses the returned signal to identify cloud layers and obscuration above the instrument.

WHAT IT MEASURES

Cloud-base height, detected cloud layers and vertical visibility, depending on the instrument configuration.

WHERE IT IS USED

Airports, aviation weather systems, meteorological stations, research sites and automated weather-observation networks.

Cloud Height Ceilometers instruments

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