Description

CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Standard-V4-10 data are CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 aerosol profile data using the CALIPSO Lidar Ratio selection algorithm. The Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile data products contain averaged aerosol profile data and ancillary data. There are no layer descriptors included in the lidar aerosol profile data products. The spatial distribution of the aerosol layers is instead completely characterized by the aerosol layer fraction and atmospheric volume description parameters. The aerosol profile products are generated at a uniform horizontal resolution of 5 km. The aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients are computed using a lidar ratio selected by the CALIPSO Lidar Ratio selection algorithm. ..... All CALIOP data products rely on meteorological data provided by NASA's Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO). .... Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (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, the Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), the Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and the Wide Field Camera (WFC). CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency, CNES.

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Publications which Cite this Collection

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Jin, Yinbao; Ma, Yingying; Zhang, Ming; Liu, Yiming; Lu, Xiao; Liu, Boming; Jin, Shikuan; Shen, Ao; Zhang, Juan; Fan, Qi (2022). Aerosol Characteristics during the COVID-19 Lockdown in China: Optical Properties, Vertical Distribution, and Potential Source.

Lee, Logan; Zhang, Jianglong; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Yorks, John E. (2022). Investigation of CATS-ISS aerosol products and application toward global diurnal variation of aerosols.

Toth, Travis D.; Zhang, Jianglong; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Vaughan, Mark A. (2022). A bulk-mass-modeling-based method for retrieving particulate matter pollution using CALIOP observations.

Iguchi, Takamichi; Matsui, Toshihisa; Tao, Zhining; Kim, Dongchul; Ichoku, Charles M.; Ellison, Luke; Wang, Jun (2021). NU-WRF Aerosol Transport Simulation over West Africa: Effects of Biomass Burning on Smoke Aerosol Distribution.

Painemal, David; Clayton, Marian; Ferrare, Richard; Burton, Sharon; Josset, Damien; Vaughan, Mark (2021). Novel aerosol extinction coefficients and lidar ratios over the ocean from CALIPSO–CloudSat: evaluation and global statistics.

Foth, Andreas; Kanitz, Thomas; Engelmann, Ronny; Baars, Holger; Radenz, Martin; Seifert, Patric; Barja, Boris; Fromm, Michael; Kalesse, Heike; Ansmann, Albert (2021). Vertical aerosol distribution in the southern hemispheric midlatitudes as observed with lidar in Punta Arenas, Chile (53.2° S and 70.9° W), during ALPACA.

Huang, Jiayue; Jaeglé, Lyatt; Shah, Viral (2020). Using CALIOP to constrain blowing snow emissions of sea salt aerosols over Arctic and Antarctic sea ice.

Toth, Travis D.; Zhang, Jianglong; Vaughan, Mark A.; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Campbell, James R. (2018). Retrieving particulate matter concentrations over the contiguous United States using CALIOP observations.

Liu, Zhaoyan; Kar, Jayanta; Zeng, Shan; Tackett, Jason; Vaughan, Mark; Avery, Melody; Pelon, Jacques; Getzewich, Brian; Lee, Kam-Pui; Magill, Brian; Omar, Ali; Lucker, Patricia; Trepte, Charles; Winker, David (2018). Discriminating between clouds and aerosols in the CALIOP version 4.1 data products.

Kim, Man-Hae; Omar, Ali H.; Tackett, Jason L.; Vaughan, Mark A.; Winker, David M.; Trepte, Charles R.; Hu, Yongxiang; Liu, Zhaoyan; Poole, Lamont R.; Pitts, Michael C.; Kar, Jayanta; Magill, Brian E. (2016). The CALIPSO version 4 automated aerosol classification and lidar ratio selection algorithm.

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE

ICARE Data and Services Center Home Page

PROJECT HOME PAGE

CALIPSO Project Home Page

NASA Mission Page for CALIPSO

French (CNES) CALIPSO Home Page

NASA Mission Overview of CALIPSO

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ANOMALIES

• CALIPSO Tilt Mode Geometry Anomaly

DATA CITATION GUIDELINES

• How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

• Data Quality Summary for the CALIPSO Version 4.10 Lidar Level 2 Data Products

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

• CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs)
• CALIPSO Data Release Summary Statement
• ICARE Programmers Toolbox
• Links to tools available through the ASDC

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

PUBLICATIONS

• CALIPSO - List of publications

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

• CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions

USER'S GUIDE

• CALIPSO Data User’s Guide

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