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Vaisala CT25K Ceilometer

CT25K ©B. Pospichal
Vaisala CT25K ceilometer installed at Jülich

Current data:

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History

Period Place Project
10/2010 - today Research Center Jülich, Germany
09/2007 - 10/2010 Selhausen, Germany TR32
winter months 2008/2009 UFS, Zugspitze, Germany TOSCA
2006 - 2007 Nangatchori, Benin AMMA

Specifications

See manual section 1.2.6 page 8 and section 5.2.2 page 56.

Parameter Specification
Wavelength 905 nm
Pulse Power 16 W typical
Pulse energy 1.6μJ ±20%1)
Average Power 8.9 mW
Pulse Width 100 ns
Pulse Repetition Rate (PRR): 5.57 kHz
Number of pulses (PQTY): 65,5362)
Averaging time: 11.7sec (=PQTY/PRR)
Time resolution 15sec 3)
Range resolution 50ft = 30m
Range 200…25,000 ft. (60…7500 m)
Laser Divergence ± 0.53×0.75 mrad (edge×diagonal4))
Field-of-View Divergence ± 0.66 mrad
Telescope diameter 145mm
Tilting angle 2.5° as of Aug 21 2015 (7° before…)
Size 760 x 280 x 245 mm
Power Consumption 365 W
Weight 40 kg
Manufacturer Vaisala
1)
factory adjustment
2)
65,536=2^16=64*1024=4^(7+1) the 7 contained in the last is what you find in the status message
3)
⇒ 3.3sec for processing and data transmission
4)
the laser is a diode with square shape. The beam thus a pyramid with different opening angles for neighbouring and opposite edges
ct25k.txt · Last modified: 2021/03/01 11:02 by bpospich