UAH RaDAPS Ceilometer Data

This data set contains the cloud base height and backscatter profile data at 15 second temporal resolution from the University of Alabama-Huntsville (UAH) ceilometer deployed as part of the UAH Rapid Deployable Atmospheric Profiling System (RaDAPS) during the 2017 VORTEX-SE field season.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2017-03-25T00:00:00Z
    End:  2017-05-01T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2017-03-25T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2017-05-01T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 34.80000
Bounding Box South Lat 34.28000
Bounding Box West Long -87.48000
Bounding Box East Long -85.90000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : 2017_VSE_Radaps_ceilometer_data_Readme.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format CSV: Comma Separated Value (text/csv)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 66 MB
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Software Implementation Language N/A

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Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
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Author Preston Pangle ORCID icon
Kevin Knupp ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ROR icon

Publication Date 2019-10-31T21:11:20
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/8BP2-XKS7-PV00
Alternate Identifier 541.055
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:45:24Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::541.055
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Preston Pangle, Kevin Knupp. (2019). UAH RaDAPS Ceilometer Data. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/8BP2-XKS7-PV00. Accessed 06 March 2026.

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