UMass Ceilometer Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/541.034

Summary
This data set contains vertical profiles of attenuated backscatter from the
University of Massachusetts Vaisala CL-31 ceilometer that was deployed at the
Scottsboro, Alabama Municipal Airport during the VORTEX-SE 2017 field season.
The data are in the Vaisala CL-31 ASCII data format.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 541.034
 * doi:10.5065/D6DV1HMX
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DV1HMX

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Frasier, S., et al. 2018. UMass Ceilometer Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR -
 Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DV1HMX Accessed 20 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
 * 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
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: continuous
 * 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

Documentation
 * cl31usersguide.pdf [1969 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5331AF36B6D3A/cl31usersguide.pdf
 * README_UMass_Ceilometer_VSE17.txt [2 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5331AF36B6EC1/README_UMass_Ceilometer_VSE17.txt

Related links
 * 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
 * homepage: VORTEX-SE_2017 EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/vortex-se2017
 * info: VORTEX-SE Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/vortex-se-data-policy

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2017-03-11 01:29:35 
 * End datetime: 2017-05-01 16:36:04 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.69
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 34.69
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -86.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -86.00

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

Additional contact information
 * author: Stephen J. Frasier <frasier@umass.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/247
 * author: Joseph Waldinger <jwaldinger@umass.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2195
 * author: William Heberling <wheberling@umass.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2232
 * author: Robin L. Tanamachi <rtanamachi@purdue.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1562
 * author: Daniel T. Dawson <dandawson@purdue.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2215

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/541.034?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/541.034?format=isotc211