CALIPSO Level 2
Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, V4-51

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-51
Clouds
DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-51

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • CLOUD TYPES
  • CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
  • CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
  • Column Optical Depth
  • Attenuated Backscatter
  • Total 532nm Backscatter Coefficient
  • Perpendicular 532nm Backscatter Coefficient
  • 1064nm Backscatter Coefficient
  • 532nm Particulate Depolarization Ratio
  • Extinction Coefficient
  • Ice Water Content
  • Atmospheric Volume Description
Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

spatial-coverage-map
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: 2006-06-11 - 2023-06-30
Platforms

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

Created on 2022-08-09
Last updated on 2023-12-15