CALIPSO Level 2
Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), V4-20
Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Standard-V4-20
Aerosols Clouds
Publications
Tackett, Jason L.; Kar, Jayanta; Vaughan, Mark A.; Getzewich, Brian J.; Kim, Man-Hae; Vernier, Jean-Paul; Omar, Ali H.; Magill, Brian E.; Pitts, Michael C.; Winker, David M. (2023). The CALIPSO version 4.5 stratospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm.
Liu, Yuelin; Shi, Guangming; Du, Yunsong; Lyu, Mengyao; Zhang, Wei; Yang, Fumo (2022). The Role of Cloud in the Transportation of Dust into Basin Area: A Case Study in Sichuan Basin, Southwesten China.
Liu, Dong; Chen, Sijie; Cheng, Chonghui; Barker, Howard W.; Dong, Changzhe; Ke, Ju; Wang, Shuaibo; Zheng, Zhuofan (2022). Analysis of global three-dimensional aerosol structure with spectral radiance matching.
Zhang, Yanda; Cai, Yi-Jhen; Yu, Fangqun; Luo, Gan; Chou, Charles C.K. (2022). Seasonal Variations and Long-term Trend of Mineral Dust Aerosols over the Taiwan Region.
Lu, Xin; Mao, Feiyue; Rosenfeld, Daniel; Zhu, Yannian; Pan, Zengxin; Gong, Wei (2019). Satellite retrieval of cloud base height and geometric thickness of low-level cloud based on CALIPSO.
Lapere, Rémy; Mailler, Sylvain; Menut, Laurent (2018). The 2017 Mega-Fires in Central Chile: Impacts on Regional Atmospheric Composition and Meteorology Assessed from Satellite Data and Chemistry-Transport Modeling.
Zhou, Chenglong; Liu, Yuzhi; Zhu, Qingzhe; He, Qing; Zhao, Tianliang; Yang, Fan; Huo, Wen; Yang, Xinghua; Mamtimin, Ali (2016). In situ observation of warm atmospheric layer and the heat contribution of suspended dust over the Tarim Basin.
Zhang, Wenjie; Wang, Hong; Zhang, Xiaoye; Huang, Liping; Peng, Yue; Liu, Zhaodong; Zhang, Xiao; Che, Huizheng (2015). Aerosol–cloud interaction in the atmospheric chemistry model GRAPES_Meso5.1/CUACE and its impacts on mesoscale numerical weather prediction under haze pollution conditions in Jing–Jin–Ji in China.
Xu, Xiaohong; Zeng, Yi; Yu, Xing; Liu, Guihua; Yue, Zhiguo; Dai, Jin; Feng, Qiujuan; Liu, Pu; Wang, Jin; Zhu, Yannian (2014). Identification of Supercooled Cloud Water by FY-4A Satellite and Validation by CALIPSO and Airborne Detection.
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ANOMALIES
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DATA CITATION POLICY
- CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs)
- CALIPSO Data Release Summary Statement
- Overview of CALIPSO Data at the ASDC
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- CALIPSO - Data Availability Site
PROCESSING HISTORY
- Data Quality Summary for the CALIPSO Version 4.20 and V4.21 Lidar Level 2 Data Products
PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity
PRODUCT USAGE
- CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 2.4
- CALIPSO Products Overview
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions
USER FEEDBACK PAGE
- CALIPSO Data User’s Guide
USER'S GUIDE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- LIDAR
- AEROSOLS
- CLOUDS
- Aerosol Optical Thickness
- Column Reflectance
- Integrated Attenuated Backscatter
- Lidar Depolarization Ratio
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-12 - 2020-07-01