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Ceilometer data processing and analysis

Soldati, Géza Antonio  
January 10, 2024

This semester's project aims to explore the potential of the Vaisala CL61 ceilometer with polarization capacity for characterizing atmospheric observations. To achieve this, a Python pipeline was developed to classify atmospheric targets. The noise was filtered out from the data, enabling an efficient application of K-means clustering. Each cluster was classified by fixing thresholds on attenuated backscatter and linear depolarization ratio. The results show differentiation between liquid and solid scattering targets as well as the identification of aerosol plumes, demonstrating the extended use of ceilometers through their polarization capabilities.

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semester or other student projects
Author(s)
Soldati, Géza Antonio  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Advisors
Schmale, Julia  
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Heutte, Benjamin Jérémy Laurent  
Date Issued

2024-01-10

Publisher

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Publisher place

Sion, Valais

Total of pages

25

Subjects

remote sensing

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ceilometer

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aerosols

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clustering

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EPFL

EPFL units
EERL  
Faculty
ENAC  
Section
SIE-S  
Available on Infoscience
July 10, 2025
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