Identification

Title

Wichita UMBC Ceilometer (Version 2)

Alternative title(s)

485.039

Abstract

This data set contains the backscatter profiles and cloud base height observations from the UMBC Vaisala CL31 Ceilometer that was located at the Wichita, Kansas National Weather Service office 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.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.039

protocol: https

name: Wichita UMBC Ceilometer (Version 2) homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=485.039

protocol: https

name: Wichita UMBC Ceilometer (Version 2) Data Order Form

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

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

485.039

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

Lidar

Upper Air

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > LIDAR > LIDAR BACKSCATTER

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

-97.44311

East bounding longitude

-97.44311

North bounding latitude

37.65534

South bounding latitude

37.65534

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

End position

2015-07-11T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-02-01T19:47:27Z

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

2025-08-01T18:04:42Z

Metadata language