University of Michigan Vaisala CL-61 Lidar Ceilometer Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/646.021

Summary
Vertical profiles of attenuated backscatter, linear depolarization ratio, and
cloud base heights from the University of Michigan Vaisala CL-61 lidar
ceilometer that was deployed at the mid-mountain site on Mount Werner near
Steamboat Springs, Colorado for the S2noCliME campaign.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 646.021
 * doi:10.26023/CJDT-8PFM-VM12
   https://doi.org/10.26023/CJDT-8PFM-VM12

Versions
  1.0: Final processed data.

Citation
 Pettersen, C., Hutson, A. 2026. S2noCliME: University of Michigan Vaisala
 CL-61 Lidar Ceilometer Data. Version 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing
 Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/CJDT-8PFM-VM12 Accessed 23 Apr 2026.

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Acknowledgement
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please acknowledge NSF 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
 * S2noCliME: Snow Sensitivity to Clouds in a Mountain Environment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/S2noCliME

Additional information
 * Frequency: 5 second
 * Language: English

Grant Code
2348448

Platforms
 * Fixed Observation Stations

Instruments
 * Ceilometers
 * Lidar

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > SNOW STORMS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD AMOUNT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD HEIGHT

Documentation
 * README.ceilometer.txt [22 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/55F82D7E0EE73/README.ceilometer.txt

Related links
 * info: S2noCliME Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/node/31958
 * homepage: S2noCliME Website
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/s2noclime
 * info: S2noCliME Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/s2noclime/missions

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2025-01-18 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2025-04-22 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.461
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 40.461
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -106.762
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -106.762

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

Additional contact information
 * author: Claire Pettersen <pettersc@umich.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2723
 * author: Abby Hutson <hutsona@umich.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/5420

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/646.021?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/646.021?format=isotc211