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 | File extension / description | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
mira-10 |
METEK MIRA-10 cloud radar | Compressed .mmclx.gz files. |
netCDF |
mira-35, (deprecated mira) |
METEK MIRA-35 cloud radar (formerly MIRA-36) | Compressed .mmclx.gz files. |
netCDF |
rpg-fmcw-94, rpg-fmcw-35 |
RPG-Radiometer Physics cloud radars | .LV1 and compressed .LV0 files. |
binary |
ld40, ct25k, cl31, cl51 |
Vaisala ceilometers | .DAT files. File extension may be different depending on collection system. |
text |
cl61d |
Vaisala CL61 ceilometer | Non-concatenated .nc files. |
netCDF |
cs135 |
Campbell Scientific CS135 ceilometer | File extension may be different depending on collection system. | text |
chm15k, chm15kx |
Lufft ceilometers (formerly Jenoptik) | .nc files. Either non-concatenated or concatenated files but not both. |
netCDF |
hatpro |
RPG HATPRO microwave radiometer | .LWP, .IWV, .HKD, .BRT, .MET, .BLB/.BLS, .IRT, and similar binary files. |
binary |
radiometrics |
Radiometrics (MP3014, MWP1, etc.) microwave radiometer | .csv or compressed .csv.gz L2 files. |
CSV |
copernicus |
Copernicus cloud radar | .nc files. |
netCDF |
galileo |
Galileo cloud radar | .nc files. |
netCDF |
basta |
BASTA cloud radar | .nc L1 files. |
netCDF |
rasta |
RASTA cloud radar | .nc L1 files. |
netCDF |
parsivel |
OTT Parsivel² disdrometer | .log files. |
text |
thies-lnm |
Thies LPM a.k.a. LNM disdrometer | .txt files. |
text |
halo-doppler-lidar |
HALO Photonics StreamLine Doppler lidars | .hpl, Background*.txt and system_parameters*.txt files. |
text |
pollyxt |
PollyXT Raman lidar | *att_bsc.nc and *vol_depol.nc files. |
netCDF |
wls70 |
Leosphere WLS70 WindCube Doppler lidar | Text files. | text |
wls100s, wls200s, wls400s |
Vaisala/Leosphere WindCube long-range scanning Doppler lidars | .nc or compressed .nc.gz files. |
netCDF |
weather-station |
Weather station data (temperature, humidity, etc.) | Unknown for now. | unknown |
minimpl |
Droplet MiniMPL lidar | .nc files. |
netCDF |
mrr-pro |
METEK MRR-PRO rain radar | .nc files. |
netCDF |
rain-e-h3 |
LAMBRECHT rain[e]H3 rain gauge | .txt files. |
text |
thies-precipitation-transmitter |
Thies Precipitation Transmitter rain gauge | .nc files |
netCDF |
pluvio |
OTT Pluvio² rain gauge | .nc files |
netCDF |
We plan to also accept the following instrument types in the future. Note that the API will not accept these yet. If you have other instruments you would like to include (such as other disdrometers, lidars or ancillary instrumentation), please let us know, and we will add them to our to-do list.
| ID | Instrument | Possible file extensions | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
hsrl |
ARM HSRL | .nc files produced by ARM / Ed Eloranta. |
netCDF |
mpl |
ARM or MPLnet Micropulse Lidar | .nc files produced by ARM or similar. |
netCDF |