ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay

CALIPSO Level 2

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Aerosol Layer, Expedited V3-41

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay_Exp-Prov-V3-41

Aerosols

Description

CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay_Exp-Prov-V3-41 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 5 km Aerosol Layer, Expedited Version 3-40 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.

Within the lidar Aerosol Layer Product there are two general classes of data: Column Properties, which includes position data and viewing geometry; and Layer Properties. The lidar layer products consist of a sequence of column descriptors, each one is associated with a variable number of layer descriptors. The column descriptors specify the temporal and geophysical location of the column of the atmosphere through which a given lidar pulse travels. Also included in the column descriptors are indicators of surface lighting conditions, information about the surface type, and the number of features (e.g., aerosol layers) identified within the column.

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

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

CALIPSO Quality Statements Lidar Level 2 Cloud and Aerosol Layer Products Version Releases: 3.01, 3.02, 3.3

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide

From GCMD Science Keywords:

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
AEROSOLS
LIDAR

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

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 2023-07-07