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Evaluation of the interpretation of ceilometer data with RASS and radiosonde data. Stefan Emeis (KIT), Klaus Schäfer (KIT), Christoph Münkel ( Vaisala ) [email protected]. Ceilometers deliver optical backscatter intensities Optical backscatter intensities are: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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KIT – University of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg and National Research Center of the Helmholtz Association
INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH, Atmospheric Environmental Research
www.kit.edu
Evaluation of the interpretation of ceilometer datawith RASS and radiosonde data
Stefan Emeis (KIT), Klaus Schäfer (KIT), Christoph Münkel (Vaisala)[email protected]
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
2 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
Ceilometers deliver optical backscatter intensities
Optical backscatter intensities are:
• primarily determined by
size and density of aerosol particles
affected by advectionformation and dissolution
• secondarily determined by
atmospheric humidity
evaluation from independent information desirable
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
3 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
Emeis, S., 2010: Measurement Methods in Atmospheric Sciences - In situ and remote. Borntraeger, Stuttgart, 272 pp., 103 figs, 28 tables, ISBN 978-3-443-01066-9.
ceilometer
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
4 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
Wanted:
independent temperature, wind, and humidity information
temperature RASS, radiometer, Raman lidar, interferometer, radiosonde
wind SODAR, windprofiler, RASS, wind lidar, radiosonde
humidity radiometer, Raman lidar, interferometer, DIAL, radiosonde
Available:
temperature, wind RASS, at the same site as the ceilometer(up to 540 m)
humidity, temperature, radiosonde, about 60 km awaywind (higher layers)
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
5 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
CL 31 ceilometer (Vaisala)
CL 31LD 40
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
6 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
acoustic frequ.: 1500 – 2200 Hzradio frequ.: 474 MHzresolution: 20 mlowestrange gate: ca. 40 m
vertical range: 540 m
SODAR-RASS (Doppler-RASS) (METEK)
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
7 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
ceilometer
optical backscatter intensity
radiosonde profiles
RASS
potential temperature
SODAR (RASS)
acoustic backscatter intensity(temp. fluct./vert. temp. grad.)
comparison to temperature information
CBLSL
RL
fog
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
8 29.06.2010
ceilometer (top), pot. temp. RASS (middle), acoust. backsc. SODAR (bottom)
Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 5
Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
9 29.06.2010
RASS data Augsburg February 2009
Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 5
Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data
potential temperature (top), MLH RASS (middle), MLH SODAR/Ceilo (bottom)
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
10 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
ceilometer
optical backscatter intensity
RASS
potential temperature
SODAR (RASS)
horizontal wind speed
comparison to wind information
LLJ > 19 m/s
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
11 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
comparison to moisture information
ceilometer
optical backscatter intensity
radiosonde profiles
RASS
potential temperature
near saturation
first clouds
CBL
SL
RL
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
12 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud over Southern Germany
CBL
ash cloud
ash cloud
water clouds
SL
influence due to advected particles
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
13 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
Conclusions
- Ceilometers have become a frequent (and rather cheap) tool to monitor cloud heights, mixing-layer heights and boundary-layer structure
- if aerosol particle distribution adapts rapidly to the thermal structure of the PBL, ceilometers are a good tool to observe this structure
- advection of aerosols may play a decisive role, it is dangerous to interpret ceilometer measurements just locally
- particle size spectrum influences ceilometer data in a non-quantifiable way
- atmospheric humidity influences ceilometer data in a non-quantifiable way
automated evaluation algorithms for ceilometer data have to be developed with great care
the combined operation of a ceilometer with a RASS is an option for PBL research
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
14 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010
Thank you very
much for your
attention
www.imk-ifu.kit.edu
Institute for Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research
15 Emeis/Schäfer/Münkel - Evaluation of ceilometer data29.06.2010