S-Pol Site UMBC Ceilometer (Version 2)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.040

Summary
This data set contains the backscatter profiles and cloud base height
observations from the UMBC Vaisala CL31 Ceilometer that was located at the
S-Pol radar site to the southwest of Hays, Kansas 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.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 485.040
 * doi:10.5065/D6V122VT
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6V122VT

Versions
  1.0
  2.0: 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.

Citation
 Vermeesch, K. 2016. S-Pol Site UMBC Ceilometer. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR -
 Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6V122VT Accessed 25 Apr
 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PECAN

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: < 1 minute
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Lidar
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Fixed Observation Stations

Instruments
 * Ceilometers

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER

Related links
 * homepage: PECAN Home Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/pecan
 * info: PECAN Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/pecan-data-policy
 * info: PECAN Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/pecan/tools/missions

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2015-06-02 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2015-07-12 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 38.55347
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 38.55347
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -99.53611
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -99.53611

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Kevin Vermeesch <kvermees@umbc.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2025

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.040?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.040?format=isotc211