CALIPSO Level 2
Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Cloud Layer, V4-20
Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Standard-V4-20
Clouds
Publications which Cite this Collection
Portella, Ben-hur Martins; Barbosa, Henrique De Melo Jorge (2024). Climatology and trends of cirrus geometrical and optical properties in the Amazon region from 7-yr of CALIPSO observations.
Karlsson, Karl-Göran; Stengel, Martin; Meirink, Jan Fokke; Riihelä, Aku; Trentmann, Jörg; Akkermans, Tom; Stein, Diana; Devasthale, Abhay; Eliasson, Salomon; Johansson, Erik; Håkansson, Nina; Solodovnik, Irina; Benas, Nikos; Clerbaux, Nicolas; Selbach, Nathalie; Schröder, Marc; Hollmann, Rainer (2023). CLARA-A3: The third edition of the AVHRR-based CM SAF climate data record on clouds, radiation and surface albedo covering the period 1979 to 2023.
Saito, Masanori; Yang, Ping (2023). Quantifying the Impact of the Surface Roughness of Hexagonal Ice Crystals on Backscattering Properties for Lidar‐Based Remote Sensing Applications.
Li, Yue; Baum, Bryan A.; Heidinger, Andrew K.; Menzel, W. Paul; Weisz, Elisabeth (2022). Improvement in cloud retrievals from VIIRS through the use of infrared absorption channels constructed from VIIRS+CrIS data fusion.
Avery, Melody A.; Ryan, Robert A.; Getzewich, Brian J.; Vaughan, Mark A.; Winker, David M.; Hu, Yongxiang; Garnier, Anne; Pelon, Jacques; Verhappen, Carolus A. (2021). CALIOP V4 cloud thermodynamic phase assignment and the impact of near-nadir viewing angles.
Kotarba, Andrzej Z.; Huu, Z˙aneta Nguyen (2020). Accuracy of Cirrus Detection by Surface-Based Human Observers.
Zhao, Yuxin; Li, Jiming; Zhang, Lijie; Deng, Cong; Li, Yarong; Jian, Bida; Huang, Jianping (2017). Diurnal cycles of cloud cover and its vertical distribution over the Tibetan Plateau revealed by satellite observations, reanalysis datasets, and CMIP6 outputs.
Schäfer, Britta; Carlsen, Tim; Hanssen, Ingrid; Gausa, Michael; Storelvmo, Trude (2016). Observations of cold-cloud properties in the Norwegian Arctic using ground-based and spaceborne lidar.
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Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD CEILING > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- LIDAR
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- Cloud Base Height
- Cloud Ceiling
- Cloud Optical Depth
- Cloud Optical Thickness
- Cloud Top Height
- Column Reflectance
- Integrated Attenuated Backscatter
- Lidar
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-12 - 2020-07-01