Skip to data content Skip to data search

S-Pol Site UMBC Ceilometer (Version 2)

Project:

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.

Data access

  • ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Identifier
Data Quality final
Versions
  • 1.0 (2015-11-09)
  • 2.0 (2016-02-01):

    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.

(Only the current version of the data is available to order. If you have questions about a prior version, please email us.)
Subscribe Subscribe to receive email when new or updated data is available.
Related projects
Spatial Type point
Frequency < 1 minute
Language English
Categories
Platforms
Instruments
GCMD Science Keywords Expand keywords
Related links

Temporal coverage

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

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 38.55347, Minimum (South) Latitude: 38.55347
Minimum (West) Longitude: -99.53611, Maximum (East) Longitude: -99.53611

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

Citation

Vermeesch, K. 2016. S-Pol Site UMBC Ceilometer. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6V122VT. Accessed 10 Oct 2024.

Today's date is shown: please replace with the date of your most recent access.

Additional citation styles

The citation text below is from the DataCite Content Resolver service and may take a few seconds to load. The styles and locales are obtained from CrossCite, which also provides a citation formatter. See ReFindit for another alternative. Formatting is not perfect: please verify and edit before use. Today's date is shown: please replace with the date of your most recent access.

Style: Locale:

Ancillary information

Metadata download

Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "Downloads"
follow us