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Data upload file types

The Cloudnet data submission API does not check the type or content of the uploaded files. If you accidentally upload some incorrect files, or files that we can’t process, we still archive those but perhaps do nothing more. Clearly incorrect files might get deleted.

We recommend uploading the following files:

ID Instrument
mira-10 METEK MIRA-10 cloud radar
mira-35, (deprecated mira) METEK MIRA-35 cloud radar (formerly MIRA-36)
rpg-fmcw-94, rpg-fmcw-35 RPG-Radiometer Physics cloud radars
ld40, ct25k, cl31, cl51 Vaisala ceilometers
cl61d Vaisala CL61 ceilometer
cs135 Campbell Scientific CS135 ceilometer
chm15k, chm15kx Lufft ceilometers (formerly Jenoptik)
hatpro RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer
radiometrics Radiometrics (MP3014, MWP1, etc.) microwave radiometer
copernicus Copernicus cloud radar
galileo Galileo cloud radar
basta BASTA cloud radar
rasta RASTA cloud radar
parsivel OTT Parsivel² disdrometer
thies-lnm Thies LPM a.k.a. LNM disdrometer
halo-doppler-lidar HALO Photonics StreamLine Doppler lidars
pollyxt PollyXT Raman lidar
wls70 Leosphere WLS70 WindCube Doppler lidar
wls100s, wls200s, wls400s Vaisala/Leosphere WindCube long-range scanning Doppler lidars
weather-station Weather station data (temperature, humidity, etc.)
minimpl Droplet MiniMPL lidar
mrr-pro METEK MRR-PRO rain radar
rain-e-h3 LAMBRECHT rain[e]H3 rain gauge
thies-precipitation-transmitter Thies Precipitation Transmitter rain gauge
pluvio OTT Pluvio² rain gauge