Operating Manual CHM 15k
R13 / 07-2019
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8.4.4 Format structure
In the NetCDF format, the values to be stored are defined by dimensions, variables and attributes.
Table 13
to Table 15
describe the designations used.
Dimensions
Dimension
Description
Default
time
Number of measured backscatter profiles within a NetCDF
file
UNLIMITED
range
Number of points measured and stored in backscatter
profiles in the NetCDF format with a resolution of
5 … 30 m
depending on the setting, default 15 m.
1024
range_hr
Number of points stored in the high-resolution NetCDF
backscatter profile with a resolution of 5 m
32
layer
Number of cloud layers transmitted in telegrams and stored
in NetCDF files
3
Table 13 Dimensions in NetCDF.
Global attributes
Attribute
Description
Type
title
Heading for graphical representation, here
“Lufft Berlin, CHM 15”
Text
source
see device_name (left for compatibility reasons)
Text
device_name
Serial number, device name of the instrument, e. g. CHM090104
Text
serlom
Serial number of laser optical unit, e. g. TUB080022
Text
day
day of a month, on which the data was recorded
int
month
Month as a number, January = 1,
…
int
year
year, in which the data were recorded: e. g. 2019
int
location*
Location / site of measurement
Text
institution*
Institution or company
Text
wmo_id*
WMO station ID
int
software_version Operating
system,
FPGA,
firmware,
CloudDetectionMode
e. g. 18.10.1 2.13 1.020 0 for OS-Version 18.10.1, FPGA 2.13,
Firmware 1.020 and CloudDetection algorithm variant 0
Text
comment*
Any descriptive comment
Text
overlap_file
Name / time of the overlap correction function used to generate the beta
variables
Text
Table 14 Global attributes in NetCDF.
*
User-defined settings
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