CALIPSO Level 2
Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1 km Cloud Layer, V4-21

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Standard-V4-21
Clouds
DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_01KMCLAY-STANDARD-V4-21

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
  • CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • LIDAR BACKSCATTER
  • CLOUD CEILING > CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • Cloud Base Height
  • Cloud Mid-layer Temperature
  • Cloud Top Height
  • Column Reflectance
  • Integrated Attenuated Backscatter
  • Lidar Depolarization Ratio
Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

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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
Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2020-07-01 - 2022-01-19
Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites
CALIPSO
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
CALIOP
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-12-15
Last updated on 2023-10-06