ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-21

CALIPSO Level 2

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, V4-21

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-21

Aerosols

Description

CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-21 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, Version 4-21 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 4-20 to 4-21 to account for a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production cluster.

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 (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales).

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-21

Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

PROJECT HOME PAGE

NASA Mission Page for CALIPSO

CALIPSO Project Home Page

French (CNES) CALIPSO Home Page

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

DATA QUALITY

Data Quality Summary for the CALIPSO Version 4.20 and V4.21 Lidar Level 2 Data Products

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs)

PROCESSING HISTORY

CALIPSO - Data Availability Site

PRODUCTION HISTORY

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

PUBLICATIONS

CALIPSO - List of publications

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO User's Guide

From GCMD Science Keywords:

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
RELATIVE HUMIDITY > HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
AEROSOLS
AEROSOL EXTINCTION
LIDAR

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE

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 2020-10-07

Last updated on 2023-10-10