Vaisala CL-VIEW Graphical User Interface for Ceilometers

CL-VIEW Graphical User Interface
for Ceilometers

www.vaisala.com

CL-VIEW is Vaisala´s improved graphical interface for ceilometer users.

Features / Benefits

Displays and logs data from

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one or more ceilometers
while running other Windows
applications

Viewing of previously logged

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data is possible while logging
and displaying real-time data

Cloud base data and

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backscatter profiles in clear
graphical form

A large variety of user selections

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Maintenance access via

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internal Terminal program

Sky condition window

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Vaisala Graphical User Interface for
Ceilometers CL-VIEW is an independent
data collection, storage and
presentation program designed for
Vaisala´s CL51, CL31, CT25K and CT75K
Laser Ceilometers. The Ceilometer
model's CT12K and LD40 are also
partially supported.

The CL-VIEW program runs on a
PC with Microsoft
Windows Vista or earlier operating
systems, providing all conveniences
of a graphical user interface. Menus,
option screens, icons and help texts
make the program easy and fast to
use. Communication between the
ceilometer and the PC is arranged via
a direct RS-232 serial line or, at longer
distances, via a modem.

The CL-VIEW is designed to be
optimal for receiving, storing,
visualising and analysing data. The
software is very exible, and it can be
tailored to suit operators' needs.

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Windows® 7,

The graphical presentations include
cloud detection, cloud intensity and
backscatter prole graphs. In all
three graphs also numerical cloud
height information, ceilometer status,
log status along with time and date
are displayed.

If the ceilometer is equipped with the
Sky Condition option, this message
content can be viewed either in
the main window or in a separate
window. It provides cloud layer
height and information in either text
or symbolic format.

CL-VIEW has an internal Terminal
program, which can be used to check
the instrument status and change the
internal parameters of ceilometer.

The cloud intensity is shown as a point graph, in which the colour
is proportional to the strength of the return signal from the altitude
in question. The backscatter profile is presented as a line graph
in instant and average modes. Both modes can be displayed
simultaneously.

The sky condition window presents
cloud layer heights and the
corresponding sky condition in either
text, numerical or graphics format.

System Requirements

32 MB RAM, 50 MB free hard disk space.
Microsoft
Windows NT
Windows Vista, or Windows 7.

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Windows® 95, Windows® 98,

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, Windows® 2000, Windows® XP,

For more information, visit
www.vaisala.com or contact us at
[e-mail]

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