CLARA: Instruments involved

Ground based

TU Delft site

  • Radar:
    TU Delft: FM-CW radar; 3.315 GHz
  • Lidar:
    RIVM: 1064 nm; 532 nm
    ESTEC: 1064 nm
  • Infrared radiometer:
    KNMI: 9.6 - 11.5 um
  • Radiosondes
    At 6, 12 and 18 UTC
  • Meteostation
    Temperature, pressure and wind

ECN site

  • Cloud chamber

CDN (Cloud Detection Network)

  • 10 ground stations in the Netherlands
    • ir_radiometer: 9.6 - 11.5 um
    • lidar ceilometer: 1064 nm
    • pyranometer

Airborn

  • FSSP
  • Temperature, Pressure and True Air Speed

Satellite

  • AVHRR
  • Meteosat

GPS

  • Integrated Precipitable Water Vapour measurements

For all information on CLARA: clara@knmi.nl
(c) Copyright 1996, Last Updated: 26 October 1998
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