FP2 NPS Ceilometer Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.077

Summary
This data set contains one minute resolution low/middle/high cloud height data
obtained by the Naval Postgraduate School Vaisala CL31 laser ceilometer
located at the PECAN Fixed PISA 2 site in Greensburg, Kansas. The data are in
NetCDF format.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 485.077
 * doi:10.26023/VH5C-X5CS-Y10N
   https://doi.org/10.26023/VH5C-X5CS-Y10N

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Wang, Q. 2016. FP2 NPS Ceilometer Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth
 Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/VH5C-X5CS-Y10N Accessed 26 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

Sites
 * Fixed PISA 2 - Greensburg, KS

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT

Documentation
 * PECAN_FP2_NPS_Ceilometer_CloudBaseHeight_README.pdf [1048 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52CC2F30AD358/PECAN_FP2_NPS_Ceilometer_CloudBaseHeight_README.pdf

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

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2015-05-30 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2015-07-15 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.6043
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 37.6043
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -98.72675
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -98.72675

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

Additional contact information
 * author: Qing Wang <qwang@nps.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2391

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.077?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.077?format=isotc211