10.5065/D6ZS2TKV
Vermeesch, K.
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Wichita UMBC Ceilometer. Version 2.0
UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
2016
scientific data
Lidar
Upper Air
Fixed Observation Stations
In Situ Land-based Platforms > > FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS > > 2219e7fa-9fd0-443d-ab1b-62d1ccf41a89
Ceilometers
Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Photon/Optical Detectors > CEILOMETERS > > fe7c93d2-1460-4292-9dda-2338c3f6120d
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER
PECAN
Plains Elevated Convection at Night
University Corporation For Atmospheric Research (UCAR):National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR):Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL):Data Managment and Services (DMS)
UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
2015-06-02T00:00:00Z/2015-07-11T23:59:59Z
2015-11-09T21:01:03Z
en
485.039
https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/pecan-data-policy
https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/pecan
https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/pecan/tools/missions
77 data files
608 MiB
PNG: Portable Network Graphics (PNG) (image/png)
NetCDF: Network Common Data Form (application/x-netcdf)
2.0
These data are available to be used subject to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ("UCAR") terms and conditions.
This data set contains the backscatter profiles and cloud base height observations from the UMBC Vaisala CL31 Ceilometer that was located at the Wichita, Kansas National Weather Service office during PECAN. These data are in netCDF format. Version 1 of this data set had incorrect values written into the "background_light" variable. Version 2 corrected this problem and was released 1 February 2016.
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