FP2 UMBC Ceilometer Data (Version 2)

This data set contains the backscatter profiles and cloud base height observations from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Vaisala CL31 Ceilometer located on the PECAN Fixed PISA 2 site at Greensburg, Kansas. 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:  2015-05-29T00:00:00Z
    End:  2015-07-15T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2015-05-29T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2015-07-15T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 37.60695
Bounding Box South Lat 37.60695
Bounding Box West Long -99.27606
Bounding Box East Long -99.27606
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 Image
NetCDF
Asset Size 809 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
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Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Author Kevin Vermeesch
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2016-02-01T18:03:22
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6HQ3WZ8
Alternate Identifier 485.034
Resource Version 2.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:04:42Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::485.034
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Kevin Vermeesch. (2016). FP2 UMBC Ceilometer Data (Version 2). 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6HQ3WZ8. Accessed 06 August 2025.

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