h2 (5 characters) = 2nd Height
If detection status is 2, 3, or 4 h2 = Second cloud base reported
If detection status is 5 h2 = Highest signal received
If detection status is 0, 1, or 6 h2 = /////
h3 (5 characters) = 3rd Height
If detection status is 3 or 4 h3 = Third cloud base reported
If detection status is 0, 1, 2, 5, or 6 h3 = /////
h4 (5 characters) = 4th Height
If detection status is 4 h4 = Fourth cloud base reported
If detection status is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 5 h4 = /////
flags (12 characters in 3 groups of 4) = Alarm or warning information.
Refer to Message 001 for a breakdown of the flags.
CR LF = Carriage Line Feed.
LINE 3
_d_h1h1h1__d2_h2h2h2__d3_h3h3h3__d4_h4h4h4__d5_h5h5h5 CR LF
(note spaces)
where
d (2 characters) = Data available
_0 to _8 Amount of lowest layer in oktas
_9 Vertical visibility only available
-1 No sky condition data available
99 Insufficient data
h1 (4 characters) = Height of the lowest cloud layer in 10 s of meters or 100 s of feet
d2 (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 2nd layer in oktas
h2 (4 characters) = Height of the 2nd cloud layer in 10s of meters or 100 s of feet, if no 2nd layer
is reported h2 = ////.
d3 (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 3rd layer in oktas
h3 (4 characters) = Height of the 3rd cloud layer in 10s of meters or 100s of feet, if no 3rd layer is
reported h3 = ////.
d4 (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 4th layer in oktas
h4 (4 characters) = Height of the 4th cloud layer in 10 s of meters or 100s of feet, if no 4th layer is
reported h4 = ////.
d5 (1 character) = Cloud amount of the 5th layer in oktas
SkyVUE™8M Tactical LIDAR Ceilometer
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