Cloud Base Detection and CBL Depth

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Park Falls Municipal Airport
(approx. 12 km west of WLEF)
Vaisala CT25K ceilometer at airport
Ceilometer and Wind Profiler/RASS
(approx. 8 km east of WLEF)

SITE DESCRIPTION

PARK FALLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (long-term ceilometer measurements):
Location:  46° 57.4' N, 89° 25.5' W (click here for aerial photographs)
Elevation:  approx. 456 m above sea level
Established:  13 April 2000

FABLE/COBRA SITE (1998-2000 field campaigns with wind profiler/RASS):
Location:  45° 56.5' N, 90° 10' W
Elevation:  approx.  453 m above sea level
Established:  May through October 1998 and 1999 (FABLE); August 2000 (COBRA)

BASIC MEASUREMENTS

EQUIPMENT AND METHODS

Vaisala CT25K ceilometer (Fall 1998 to present)
915MHz boundary layer wind profiler with radio acoustic sounding system (RASS)
Vaisala CT75K ceilometer (Spring/Summer 1998)

VIEW PLOTS (You will need Adobe Acrobat and/or Ghost View to view these plots)

    (Under Construction)

FTP DATA


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