NOAA PSL CL31 Ceilometer Backscatter and Cloud Base Height Data

Backscatter and cloud base height data from the NOAA/PSL Vaisala CL31 ceilometers that were deployed at Columbia, LA and Courtland, AL for Propagation, Evolution and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS).

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2022-02-08T00:00:00Z
    End:  2022-08-31T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2022-02-08T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2022-08-31T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 34.66000
Bounding Box South Lat 32.12000
Bounding Box West Long -92.06000
Bounding Box East Long -87.35000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : cl31usersguide.pdf

Documentation #2 : README.CL31_BSCBH_Dataset_Info.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format Vaisala CL31 Data Message
Standardized Resource Format OTHER
Asset Size 4422 MB
Legal Constraints

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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name EOL Data Support
Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory

Author Timothy Myers ORCID icon
Bianca Adler ORCID icon
Laura Bianco ORCID icon
Irina Djalalova ORCID icon
James M. Wilczak ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2022-11-30T20:02:36
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/2FXG-KM56-760B
Alternate Identifier 610.029
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:48:32Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::610.029
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Timothy Myers, Bianca Adler, Laura Bianco, Irina Djalalova, James M. Wilczak. (2022). NOAA PSL CL31 Ceilometer Backscatter and Cloud Base Height Data. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/2FXG-KM56-760B. Accessed 22 January 2026.

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