ASDC | CAL_LID_L3_Stratospheric

CALIPSO Level 3

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Stratospheric Aerosol Profiles Standard V2-00

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L3_Stratospheric_APro-Standard-V2-00

Aerosols

Description

CAL_LID_L3_Stratospheric_APro-Standard-V2-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 3 Stratospheric Aerosol data product. This data product was collected using the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. This data product reports global distributions of 532 nm total attenuated backscatter, particulate backscatter, extinction, attenuated scattering ratios, and stratospheric aerosol optical depths on a uniform spatial grid. All parameters are derived from the version 5.00 CALIOP Level 1 and Level 2 and V2.00 CALIOP Polar Stratospheric Mask data products.

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/LID_L3_STRATOSPHERIC_APRO-STANDARD-V2-00

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PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

CALIPSO Data Description and Quality Summary – CALIOP Level 3 Stratospheric Aerosol

PRODUCT USAGE

CALIPSO Data Products Catalog - Release 5.00

USER'S GUIDE

From GCMD Science Keywords:

AEROSOLS
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
AEROSOL EXTINCTION
AEROSOL BACKSCATTER

532nm Calibration Coefficient
Stratospheric Optical Depth
Attenuated Backscatter
Particulate Backscatter
Extinction
Attenuated Scattering 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

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-01 - 2023-07-01

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALIOP

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2025-06-27