Reading Boundary Layer and Cloud Detection Graphs - BLVIEW - CL31 - CL51

BL‑View User Guide

Document code
M211185EN
Revision
E
Language
English
Product
BLVIEW
CL31
CL51
Document type
User guide

You can show and hide Layer height and Cloud base height data in plots.

  1. To view boundary layer and cloud base height data, see Current values/Legend, which includes:
    • Mixing layer: the height of the mixing layer
    • 1h average: 1-hour average mixing layer height. The information is updated every hour.
    • Elevated layer 1 and Elevated layer 2: elevated aerosol layers
    • Cloud base height: height of cloud base 1, 2, and 3
  2. To view layer height data, select MLH data.
    With a live plot, if a valid parameter is not correctly measured, its value is replaced with 2 slash characters (//).
    1
    Sunrise indicator (yellow)
    2
    Sunset indicator (black)
    3
    Boundary layer heights (dark red/yellow/green) and elevated layers (gray)
    4
    Signal from clouds and precipitation (red)
    5
    Aerosol backscatter signal (light blue to yellow)
    6
    Cloud base heights (blue dots)
    7
    1-hour average mixing layer height (blue lines)
  3. To view the whole profile with cloud base data, select Profile data.
  4. To view the whole profile with cloud base data and without intensity, select Profile data and disable Intensity.