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What is a ceilometer?

What is a ceilometer? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A device that measures the altitude of the cloud base, especially above an airfield.
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Reflections of this light from the base of the clouds are detected by a photocell in the receiver of the ceilometer.
Earlier, the DWD had already opted for the cloud ceilometer from the Fellbach-based company.
The rotating-transmitter ceilometer has its separate receiver fixed to direct reflections only from directly overhead while the transmitter sweeps the sky.
Version 5.2 of the ceilometer algorithm has, in laboratory tests, almost eliminated false reports of this nature.
Our ceilometer observations of large numbers of birds near crests of ridges are particularly relevant in that regard.
The ceilometer is designed to produce accurate imagery in varied weather conditions including fog cover and torrential downpours.

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