ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_MLay_Diagnostic-Beta-V5-00

CALIPSO Level 2

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Merged Layer Diagnostic Beta, V5-00

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_MLay_Diagnostic-Beta-V5-00

Aerosols Clouds

Description

CAL_LID_L2_MLay-Diagnostic-Beta-V5-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2Merged Layer Diagnostic data product. This data product was collected using the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. The contents of this merged layer product contain information already in the CAL_LID_L2_05kmMLay-Standard-V5-00 andCAL_LID_L2_333mMLay-Standard-V5-00 data products, but with additional diagnostic flags and parameters that were used by the science algorithms.

CALIPSO was a partnership between NASA and the French Space Agency, CNES. CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006 to study the many roles played by clouds and aerosols in Earth’s climate and weather. It flew in the international A-Train constellation for coincident Earth observations from launch until September 13, 2018, when CALIPSO began lowering its orbit from 705 km to 688 km (428 miles)above the Earth to resume formation flying with CloudSat as part of the “C-Train”. The CALIPSO satellite carried three remote sensing instruments: the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), the Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and the Wide Field-of-View Camera(WFC). By mutual agreement between NASA and CNES, the CALIPSO science mission concluded on August 1, 2023.

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_MLay_Diagnostic-Beta-V5-00

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Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

PROJECT HOME PAGE

CALIPSO Project Home Page

French (CNES) CALIPSO Home Page

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

CALIPSO Final Report

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

CALIPSO Data Description and Quality Summary – CALIOP Level 2 Layer

PRODUCT USAGE

CALIPSO Data Products Catalog - Release 5.00

USER'S GUIDE

From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUD TYPES
LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
CLOUD TOP PHASE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
AEROSOLS

Scene Classification
Cloud Phase
Aerosol Type
Aerosol Species
Optical Depth
Attenuated Backscatter
Depolarization Ratio
Color Ratio

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 Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL STRATOSPHERE TROPOSPHERE BOUNDARY LAYER

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-12 - 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 2025-06-10