Identification

Title

NOAA PSL CL31 Ceilometer Backscatter and Cloud Base Height Data

Alternative title(s)

626.005

Abstract

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.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/626.005

protocol: https

name: NOAA PSL CL31 Ceilometer Backscatter and Cloud Base Height Data homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=626.005

protocol: https

name: NOAA PSL CL31 Ceilometer Backscatter and Cloud Base Height Data Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via HTTPS.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

626.005

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Fixed Observation Stations

Keyword set

keyword value

Upper Air

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > VISIBILITY

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-92.06000

East bounding longitude

-87.35000

North bounding latitude

34.66000

South bounding latitude

32.12000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2022-09-01T00:00:00Z

End position

2023-05-18T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-08-15T17:23:24Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-08-01T18:05:48Z

Metadata language