SHANDONG SCIENCE ›› 2014, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 1-9.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.2014.06.001

• Oceanographic Science, Technology and Equipment •     Next Articles

Ground cloud observation technology and its instrument research advances

QI Sui-ping,LIU Tao,HU Tong,ZOU Jing   

  1. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ocean Environmental Monitoring Technology, Institute of Oceanographic Instrumentation, Shandong Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266001, China
  • Received:2014-09-05 Online:2014-12-20 Published:2014-12-20

Abstract: We survey ground cloud observation technology and its instrument status quo in meteorological observation. We divide the existing ground cloud observation technologies into laser radar and microwave radar cloud observation technologies and total sky remote sensing technology based on its different principles and implementation methods. We further concretely analyze and induce the main methods, instrumentation principles, and the characteristics of each technology. We eventually present its method, instrument research advances, the existing insufficiency, and its future development directions and tendencies.

Key words: laser radar, microwave radar, ceilometers, total sky remote sensing, cloud observation

CLC Number: 

  • P714+.3