ASDC | CAL_LID_L15-Standard-V1-00

CALIPSO Level 1B

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 1.5 Profile, V1-00

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L15-Standard-V1-00

Aerosols

Description

CAL_LID_L15-Standard-V1-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 1.5 Profile, Version 1-00 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. Data collection for this product is complete.

This product is a continuous segment of calibrated, geolocated, cloud-cleared, and spatially averaged profiles of lidar attenuated backscatter. These profiles are derived via synthesizing the CALIPSO lidar Level 1B profile and lidar Level 2 5 km aerosol profile products with the lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM) product. The lidar Level 1.5 standard data product is derived using standard Version 4.10 Level 1B and Version 4.20 Level 2 data products as input.

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 (Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales).

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L15-STANDARD-V1-00

Citation Styles for this Dataset

Publications which Cite this Collection

Collow, Allison B.; Colarco, Peter R.; Da Silva, Arlindo M.; Buchard, Virginie; Bian, Huisheng; Chin, Mian; Das, Sampa; Govindaraju, Ravi; Kim, Dongchul; Aquila, Valentina (2024). Benchmarking GOCART-2G in the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS).

Bresciani, Caroline; Herdies, Dirceu Luis; Figueroa, Silvio Nilo; Buchard, Virginie; Da Silva, Arlindo M.; Jones, Charles; Carvalho, Leila M. V. (2024). The South American Tropopause Aerosol Layer (SATAL).

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ANOMALIES

CALIPSO Tilt Mode Geometry Anomaly

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

HOW-TO

CALIPSO - Data User's Guide - Browse Image Tutorial

MICRO ARTICLE

CALIPSO: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Fact Sheet

PROCESSING HISTORY

CALIPSO - Data Availability Site

PRODUCT USAGE

Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CALIPSO Products Overview

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide

From GCMD Science Keywords:

AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
LIDAR BACKSCATTER

Aerosol Backscatter

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

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

Locations

GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE BOUNDARY LAYER

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-12 - 2020-08-01

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALIOP

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-02-20

Last updated on 2023-10-31