ASDC | CAL_LID_L1-Standard-V4-11

CALIPSO Level 1B

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B profile data, V4-11

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L1-Standard-V4-11

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

CAL_LID_L1-Standard-V4-11 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 1B profile data, Version 4-10 data product. This data product was collected using the Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. The version of this product was changed from 4-10 to 4-11 to account for a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production cluster.

The highest quality data products, generated by the Data Management System (DMS), are referred to as Standard data products. These products have a 2-4 day latency to incorporate the global meteorological and other reference products. Night and Day orbit segments are written to separate data files. A full set of browse images, including orbit track maps, are generated and posted to the science data web site. Standard data products are recommended for research studies and journal publications. The lidar Level 1B data product contains a half orbit (day or night) of calibrated and geolocated lidar profiles. The product contains data from all non-diagnostic instrument modes including nominal science, depolarization gain ratio calibration, and boresight alignment. The lidar Level 1B product contains additional data not found in the Level 0 lidar input file, including post processed ephemeris data, celestial data, and converted payload status data. CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006 and continues to collect data necessary to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on the Earth's radiation budget and climate . It flies in the international A-Train constellation for coincident Earth observations. The CALIPSO satellite comprises three instruments, CALIOP, Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and Wide Field Camera (WFC). CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency, CNES.

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L1-Standard-V4-11

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VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

PROCESSING HISTORY

CALIPSO - Data Availability Site

PUBLICATIONS

CALIPSO - List of publications

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Lidar Level 1B v4.x Data Quality Statement

From GCMD Science Keywords:

AEROSOLS
ALBEDO
CLOUD PROPERTIES
LIDAR
RADIATIVE FLUX
LIDAR BACKSCATTER
AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
AEROSOL EXTINCTION
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
CLOUDS

Data Distribution

Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-90, 90), (-180, 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2020-07-01 - Present

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALIOP

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-10-07

Last updated on 2020-10-22