UAH RaDAPS Ceilometer Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/541.055 Summary This data set contains the cloud base height and backscatter profile data at 15 second temporal resolution from the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) ceilometer deployed as part of the UAH Rapid Deployable Atmospheric Profiling System (RaDAPS) during the 2017 VORTEX-SE field season. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 541.055 * doi:10.26023/8BP2-XKS7-PV00 https://doi.org/10.26023/8BP2-XKS7-PV00 Versions 1.0 Citation Pangle, P., Knupp, K. 2019. UAH RaDAPS Ceilometer Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/8BP2-XKS7-PV00 Accessed 29 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). 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 * VORTEX-SE_2017: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2017 Field Campaign https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX-SE_2017 Additional information * Frequency: < 1 minute * Language: English Categories * Upper Air Platforms * UAH RaDAPS - Rapid Deployable Atmospheric Profiling System Instruments * Ceilometers GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER Documentation * 2017_VSE_Radaps_ceilometer_data_Readme.pdf [59 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/546DEA4F406FC/2017_VSE_Radaps_ceilometer_data_Readme.pdf Related links * info: VORTEX-SE Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/vortex-se-data-policy * homepage: VORTEX-SE_2017 EOL Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/vortex-se2017 * info: VORTEX-SE EOL Website https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/vortex-se * info: VORTEX-SE_2017 Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex-se_2017/tools/missions Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2017-03-25 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2017-05-01 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.80 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 34.28 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -87.48 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -85.90 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Preston Pangle https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2438 * author: Kevin Knupp https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2284 * principalInvestigator: Kevin Knupp https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2284 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/541.055?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/541.055?format=isotc211