Campbell Scientific CS135 Lidar Ceilometer User Manual
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CS135 Ceilometer
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0 to 8 Amount of lowest layer in oktas 
9 Vertical visibility only available 
-1 No sky condition data available 
99 Insufficient data 
 
h1h1h1 (3 characters) = Height of the lowest cloud layer in 10s of metres or 100s of feet 
 
d2 (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 2nd layer in oktas 
 
h2h2h2 (3 characters) = Height of the 2nd cloud layer in 10s of metres or 100s of feet, if no 2nd 
layer is reported h2h2h2 = '///'. 
 
d3  (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 3rd layer in oktas 
 
h3h3h3  (3 characters) = Height of the 3rd cloud layer in 10s of metres or 100s of feet, if no 3rd 
layer is reported h3h3h3  = '///'. 
 
d4  (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 4th layer in oktas 
 
h4h4h4  (3 characters) = Height of the 4th cloud layer in 10s of metres or 100s of feet, if no 4th 
layer is reported h4h4h4  = '///'. 
 
d5  (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 5th layer in oktas 
 
h5h5h5  (3 characters) = Height of the 5th cloud layer in 10s of metres or 100s of feet, if no 5th 
layer is reported h5h5h5  = '///'. 
 
CR LF
= Carriage Return + Line Feed
 
LINE 4 
scale9res9n9 energy9lt9tr9ti_bl9L0112HN159sum CR LF 
 
where 
 
scale (5 characters) = Scale parameter,%, 0 ... 99999. 100% is typical 
 
res (2 characters) = Backscatter profile resolution in metres. 
 
n (4 characters) = Profile length 385, 770, 1400, or 1500 samples. 
 
energy (3 characters) = Laser pulse energy, %. 
lt (3 characters including leading +/-) = Laser temperature, degrees C 
 
tr (3 characters) = Window transmission, % 
 
ti (2 characters) = Total tilt angle, degrees 
bl (4 characters) = Background light, millivolts at internal ADC input (0 ... 2500) 
 
