S-Pol Site UMBC Ceilometer (Version 2)

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.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
    End:  2015-07-12T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2015-07-12T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 38.55347
Bounding Box South Lat 38.55347
Bounding Box West Long -99.53611
Bounding Box East Long -99.53611
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF: Network Common Data Form (application/x-netcdf)
PNG: Portable Network Graphics (PNG) (image/png)
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Image
Asset Size 679 MB
Legal Constraints

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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
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Author Kevin Vermeesch
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2016-02-01T18:35:00
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6V122VT
Alternate Identifier 485.040
Resource Version 2.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-02-07T22:42:39Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::485.040
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Kevin Vermeesch. (2016). S-Pol Site UMBC Ceilometer (Version 2). 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6V122VT. Accessed 07 September 2024.

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