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 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 Stephen J. Frasier ORCID icon
Joseph Waldinger
William Heberling
Robin L. Tanamachi ORCID icon
Daniel T. Dawson ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
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. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DV1HMX. Accessed 01 February 2026.

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