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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.

Cloud radars

ID Instrument
basta BASTA cloud radar
copernicus Copernicus cloud radar
galileo Galileo cloud radar
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
xpol ProSensing XPOL weather radar

Lidars

ID Instrument
chm15k, chm15kx Lufft ceilometers (formerly Jenoptik)
cl61d Vaisala CL61 ceilometer
cs135 Campbell Scientific CS135 ceilometer
da10 Vaisala DIAL DA10 Atmospheric Profiler
ld40, ct25k, cl31, cl51 Vaisala ceilometers
minimpl DMT MiniMPL lidar
pollyxt PollyXT Raman lidar

Microwave radiometers

ID Instrument
hatpro RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer
radiometrics Radiometrics (MP3014, MWP1, etc.) microwave radiometer

Disdrometers

ID Instrument
parsivel OTT Parsivel² disdrometer
thies-lnm Thies LPM a.k.a. LNM disdrometer
rd-80 Distromet RD-80 disdrometer

Doppler lidars

ID Instrument
halo-doppler-lidar HALO Photonics StreamLine Doppler lidars
wls100s, wls200s, wls400s Vaisala/Leosphere WindCube long-range scanning Doppler lidars
wls70 Leosphere WLS70 WindCube Doppler lidar

Rain gauges

ID Instrument
pluvio OTT Pluvio² rain gauge
rain-e-h3 LAMBRECHT rain[e]H3 rain gauge
thies-precipitation-transmitter Thies Precipitation Transmitter rain gauge

Other

ID Instrument
fd12 Vaisala FD12P present weather sensor
mrr-pro METEK MRR-PRO rain radar
weather-station Weather station data (temperature, humidity, etc.)
wibs-5 DMT WIBS-5/NEO bioaerosol sensor