ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Standard-V4-20

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

Description

CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Standard-V4-20 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), Version 4-20 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. Data generation and distribution of this V4.20 product ended on July 1, 2020, to support a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production clusters. The V4.21 data product covers July 1, 2020, to current.

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/LID_L2_VFM-STANDARD-V4-20

Citation Styles for this Dataset

Publications which Cite this Collection

Chen, Jingchuan; Xu, Jianzhong; Wu, Zhijun; Meng, Xiangxinyue; Yu, Yan; Ginoux, Paul; DeMott, Paul J.; Xu, Rui; Zhai, Lixiang; Yan, Yafei; Zhao, Chuanfeng; Li, Shao-Meng; Zhu, Tong; Hu, Min (2024). Decreased dust particles amplify the cloud cooling effect by regulating cloud ice formation over the Tibetan Plateau.

Lu, Xin; Mao, Feiyue; Rosenfeld, Daniel; Zhu, Yannian; Zang, Lin; Pan, Zengxin; Gong, Wei (2023). The Temperature Control of Cloud Adiabatic Fraction and Coverage.

Van Zadelhoff, Gerd-Jan; Donovan, David P.; Wang, Ping (2023). Detection of aerosol and cloud features for the EarthCARE atmospheric lidar (ATLID): the ATLID FeatureMask (A-FM) product.

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 GUIDELINES

How to cite ASDC data

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)
CALIPSO Data Release Summary Statement
ICARE Programmers Toolbox

HOW-TO

CALIPSO - Data User's Guide - Browse Image Tutorial

MICRO ARTICLE

CALIPSO: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Fact Sheet

PROCESSING HISTORY

CALIPSO - Data Availability Site

PRODUCT HISTORY

ASDC List of CALIPSO CALIOP L2 Lidar Standard V4.20 Release Announcements

PRODUCT USAGE

Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity

PRODUCTION HISTORY

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

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide

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

Locations

GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-12 - 2020-07-01

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALIOP

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2018-09-06

Last updated on 2023-10-16