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EA: ATM_CEILING_METHOD
EE: LASER_CEILOMETER

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 5
EA label: ATM_CEILING_METHOD

Concept definition: By measuring the <<TIME_QUANTITY>> taken for a pulse of coherent light to travel from a transmitter to the base of the lowest <CLOUD> and return to the receiver; laser ceilometer.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [WMO8, 15.7, "LASER CEILOMETER"]
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