ASDC | CAL_LID_L1-ValStage1-V3-41

CALIPSO Level 1B

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B Profile, Validated Stage 1 V3-41

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L1-ValStage1-V3-41

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

CAL_LID_L1-ValStage1-V3-41 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 1B Profile, Validated Stage 1 Version 3-41 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. The version of this product was changed from 3-40 to 3-41 to account for a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production cluster.

The CALIPSO lidar Level 1B data product contains a half orbit (day or night) of calibrated and geolocated single-shot (highest resolution) lidar profiles, including 532 nm and 1064 nm attenuated backscatter and depolarization ratio at 532 nm. The product released contains data from nominal science mode measurement. The CALIPSO lidar Level 1B product also 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 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-VALSTAGE1-V3-41

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PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

CALIPSO Quality Statements Lidar Level 1B Profile Products Version Releases: 3.01, 3.02, 3.30

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO User's Guide

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LIDAR BACKSCATTER

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

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

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2020-10-01 - 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 2020-09-17

Last updated on 2023-06-29