PlumX Metrics
Embed PlumX Metrics

From Operational Ceilometer Network to Operational Lidar Network

EPJ Web of Conferences, ISSN: 2100-014X, Vol: 119
2016
  • 9
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 9
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
Metric Options:   Counts1 Year3 Year

Metrics Details

  • Citations
    9
    • Citation Indexes
      8
    • Policy Citations
      1
      • Policy Citation
        1
  • Captures
    9

Conference Paper Description

During the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in 2010, the Met Office ceilometers (Laser Cloud Based Recorders-LCBR) provided reasonable information about volcanic ash plumes over the United Kingdom [1]. This capability triggered the development of an operational system to provide quick looks of the range corrected signals (RCS) in near-real-time (NRT). Moreover, the Met Office acquired eleven Jenoptik ceilometers to supplement the operational ceilometer network. The combined network became operational in 2012 and currently comprises a total of 43 ceilometers reporting backscatter profiles in NRT. In 2013, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Department for transport (DfT) sponsored the acquisition of 9 fixed lidars and one mobile unit (each accompanied by a sunphotometer), to further improve the quantitative monitoring of volcanic ash. The current status of both ceilometer and lidar/sun-photometer networks is discussed and further developments are proposed.

Provide Feedback

Have ideas for a new metric? Would you like to see something else here?Let us know