TEAMx: GeoSphere Austria Ceilometer Data for Kufstein, Austria

ABSTRACT

TEAMx is an international research programme that aims at improving our understanding of exchange processes in the atmosphere over mountains and at evaluating how well these are represented in numerical weather prediction and climate models. To this end, an observational campaign spanning one complete year (15/9/2024 – 15/9/2025) and including a wide range of instrumentation in the European Alps, was organised. Here, ceilometer data collected by GeoSphere Austria during the TEAMx campaign in Kufstein, Austria are made available for download.

More details about TEAMx can be found at the TEAMx website as well as in Serafin et al. (2020) and Rotach et al. (2022).

DATA SET DESCRIPTION

Data were collected using a Vaisala CL51 ceilometer, which runs operationally next to the meteorological station in Kufstein, Austria (490 m above sea level (asl); 12.1628°E, 47.5753°N). Provided are daily NetCDF files without data corrections for the time period 1/9/2024 – 30/9/2025.

A more detailed description of the measurements as well as a discussion of the data in light of the TEAMx campaign can be found in Scheiber, H., Ward, H.C., Vergeiner, J., Hieden, A. & Baumann-Stanzer, K. (2025): Spatial and temporal patterns in ceilometer observations along the Inn Valley (CELINE). – Berichte der GeoSphere Austria, 158, 55 p., ISSN 2960-4893 (online), GeoSphere Austria, Wien. Link.

For routine meteorological data from the Kufstein site please refer to GeoSphere Austria’s Data Hub. In addition, Doppler wind lidar data covering the duration of the TEAMx campaign will also be made available for this site on Zenodo.

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CONTACT

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