ASDC | CAL_LID_L1_Exp-Prov-V3-41

CALIPSO Level 1B

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

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L1_Exp-Prov-V3-41

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

CAL_LID_L1_Exp-Prov-V3-41 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 1B Profile, Expedited 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 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 Level 1B data product is written in HDF. 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. The major categories of lidar Level 1B data are: lidar profile data, position data, and viewing geometry.

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.

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

ASDC Data and Information for CALIPSO

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 2.4

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO User's Guide

From GCMD Science Keywords:

LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
LIDAR
LIDAR BACKSCATTER

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-90, -82.124886241), (-180, -180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GEOGRAPHIC REGION 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 2020-09-16

Last updated on 2022-05-14