FP2 UMBC Ceilometer Data (Version 2) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.034 Summary This data set contains the backscatter profiles and cloud base height observations from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Vaisala CL31 Ceilometer located on the PECAN Fixed PISA 2 site at Greensburg, Kansas. 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: 485.034 * doi:10.5065/D6HQ3WZ8 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6HQ3WZ8 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. FP2 UMBC Ceilometer Data. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6HQ3WZ8 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 * 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 Sites * Fixed PISA 2 - Greensburg, KS GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT Related links * homepage: PECAN Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/pecan * info: PECAN Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/pecan/tools/missions * info: PECAN Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/pecan-data-policy Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2015-05-29 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2015-07-15 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.60695 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 37.60695 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -99.27606 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -99.27606 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Kevin Vermeesch https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2025 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.034?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.034?format=isotc211