| The Aerosol Science Research
Group of the University of Manchester Science and Technology is involved in the CLACE 4
project (Cloud and Aerosol Characterisation Experiment in the Free Troposphere). CLACE
4 is one of a series of projects led by the Aerosol Research group of The Paul
Scherrer Institute, and is based at the Jungfraujoch High Alpine Research Station in
Switzerland. The Jungfraujoch is the second
highest peak in Europe which is well documented as a place of extreme weather.
The Aerosol Science Research Group is using one of our HSS VPF-730
visibility and present weather sensors to collect data for cloud identification,
visibility, temperature, EXCO parameters as well as others.
The sensor is located at the famous observatory on the Jungfraujoch
peak that was used in one of the James Bond Movies. The altitude is at 3580m or 11,745
ft...(the HSS digital sensors can be used at altitudes up to 6000 m or 20,000 ft!)
The various photos show the Biral HSS and other met sensors with the
fantastic scenery in the background as well as the Matlab software that they use to take
the datastring and graphically display the values.
For more fantastic photographs and information
please see the following web sites:
http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk
http://aerosolforschung.web.psi.ch
http://www.ifjungo.ch/jungfraujoch
http://cloudbase.phy.umist.ac.uk/field/clace4.htm
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