Description

CAL_WFC_L1_125m-Standard-V4-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Wide Field Camera (WFC)Level 1B 125 m Version 4-00 data product. The primary WFC Level 1B data products are calibrated radiance and bidirectional reflectance registered to an Earth-based grid centered on the Lidar ground track. During normal operation, the WFC acquires science data only during the daylight portions of the CALIPSO orbits. The 125 m Native Science grid contains only the central 5km wide high-resolution portion of the WFC swath. 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 August1, 2023.

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Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

PROJECT HOME PAGE

French (CNES) CALIPSO Home Page

CALIPSO Project Home Page

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

DATA CITATION GUIDELINES

• How to cite ASDC data

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

• CALIPSO Data Description and Quality Summary – WFC Level 1 125m

PRODUCT USAGE

• CALIPSO Data Products Catalog - Release 5.00

USER'S GUIDE

• CALIPSO Data User's Guide - Browse Image Tutorial
• CALIPSO Data User's Guide - FAQ
• CALIPSO Data User's Guide - Payload
• CALIPSO Data User's Guide - Peer Reviewed Bibliography

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