UMass Ceilometer Data

This data set contains vertical profiles of attenuated backscatter from the University of Massachusetts Vaisala CL-31 ceilometer that was deployed at the Scottsboro, Alabama Municipal Airport during the VORTEX-SE 2017 field season. The data are in the Vaisala CL-31 ASCII data format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2017-03-11T01:29:35Z
    End:  2017-05-01T16:36:04Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2017-03-11T01:29:35Z
Temporal Range End 2017-05-01T16:36:04Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 34.69000
Bounding Box South Lat 34.69000
Bounding Box West Long -86.00000
Bounding Box East Long -86.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : cl31usersguide.pdf

Documentation #2 : README_UMass_Ceilometer_VSE17.txt
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format Vaisala CL31 Data Message
Standardized Resource Format OTHER
Asset Size 975 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 N/A
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Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Author Stephen J. Frasier
Joseph Waldinger
William Heberling
Robin L. Tanamachi
Daniel T. Dawson
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2018-01-08T16:13:07
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DV1HMX
Alternate Identifier 541.034
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:45:11Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::541.034
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Stephen J. Frasier, Joseph Waldinger, William Heberling, Robin L. Tanamachi, Daniel T. Dawson. (2018). UMass Ceilometer Data. 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DV1HMX. Accessed 25 October 2025.

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