CALIPSO Level 1B
Entry Title: CALIPSO Wide Field Camera Level 1B 125m Native Science data, Validated Stage 1 V3-01

Entry ID: CAL_WFC_L1_125m-ValStage1-V3-01
Aerosols Radiation Budget
Description

CAL_WFC_L1_125m-ValStage1-V3-01 data are Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Wide Field Camera (WFC) Level 1B 125m Native Science data, Validated Stage 1 Version 3-01. Data collection for this product is complete. Version 3.01 includes new metadata parameters and corrections to several minor software bugs. Specifically, the Orbit Number and Path Number metadata parameters are now included to facilitate improved subsetting capabilities. 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 the normal operation, the WFC acquires science data only during the daylight portions of the CALIPSO orbits. The WFC Level 1B 125 m Native Science data product provides WFC radiance and reflectance measurements across just the central 5 km swath at 125 m resolution. No spatial interpolation is performed. 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 is comprised of three instruments, the Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), the Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and the WFC. CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency, CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales).

DOI

10.5067/WFC/CALIPSO/CAL_WFC_L1_125M-VALSTAGE1-V3-01_L1B-003.01

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • AEROSOL RADIANCE
  • VISIBLE RADIANCE
  • INFRARED RADIANCE
  • REFLECTANCE
  • Radiance
  • Reflectance
  • Track Homogeneity
Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

spatial-coverage-map
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: 2006-06-13 - 2011-11-01
Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites
CALIPSO
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
WFC
Wide Field Camera
Metadata Dates

Created on 2007-09-06
Last updated on 2023-12-26