NOAA PSL CL31 Ceilometer Backscatter and Cloud Base Height Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/626.005

Summary
Backscatter and cloud base height data from the NOAA/PSL Vaisala CL31
ceilometers that were deployed at Columbia, LA and Courtland, AL for the
Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) 2023 campaign.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 626.005
 * doi:10.26023/3HX9-2FR6-CS12
   https://doi.org/10.26023/3HX9-2FR6-CS12

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Myers, T., et al. 2023. PERiLS_2023: NOAA PSL CL31 Ceilometer Backscatter and
 Cloud Base Height Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/3HX9-2FR6-CS12 Accessed 12 May 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
 * PERiLS_2023: Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms 2023
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PERiLS_2023

Additional information
 * Frequency: continuous
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Fixed Observation Stations

Instruments
 * Ceilometers

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT

Documentation
 * cl31usersguide.pdf [1985 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/556F1D6E90673/cl31usersguide.pdf
 * README.CL31_BSCBH_Dataset_Info.pdf [261 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/556F1D6E90672/README.CL31_BSCBH_Dataset_Info.pdf

Restrictions
 * authorization required

Related links
 * info: PERiLS_2023 Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/perils_2023/missions
 * info: PERiLS Data Policy
   https://inside.nssl.noaa.gov/vsecommunity/data-policies/
 * homepage: PERiLS EOL website
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/perils

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2022-09-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2023-05-18 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.66
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 32.12
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -92.06
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -87.35

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

Additional contact information
 * author: Timothy Myers <timothy.myers@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3307
 * author: Bianca Adler <bianca.adler@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2714
 * author: Laura Bianco <laura.bianco@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2523
 * author: Irina Djalalova <irina.v.djalalova@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3308
 * author: James M. Wilczak <james.m.wilczak@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2524
 * principalInvestigator: Timothy Myers <timothy.myers@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3307

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/626.005?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/626.005?format=isotc211