CALIPSO Level 1B
Entry Title: CALIPSO Wide Field Camera Level 1B 1 km Registered Science data, Validated Stage 1 V3-02

Entry ID: CAL_WFC_L1_IIR-ValStage1-V3-02
Aerosols Radiation Budget
Description

CAL_WFC_L1_IIR-ValStage1-V3-02 data are Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Wide Field Camera Level 1B 1 km Registered Science data. Version 3.02 represents a transition of the Lidar, IIR, and WFC processing and browse code to a new cluster computing system. No algorithm changes were introduced and very minor changes were observed between V3.01 and V3.02 as a result of the compiler and computer architecture differences. The primary Wide Field Camera 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 Wide Field Camera Level 1B 1 IIR Registered Science grid provides WFC data on the identical grid as the CALIPSO IIR data and is produced to facilitate the use of the WFC data in the IIR retrievals. Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (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, the Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), the Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and the Wide Field Camera (WFC). CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency, CNES.

DOI

10.5067/WFC/CALIPSO/CAL_WFC_L1_IIR-VALSTAGE1-V3-02_L1B-003.02

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PROJECT HOME PAGE

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NASA Mission Page for CALIPSO

French (CNES) CALIPSO Home Page

NASA Mission Overview of CALIPSO

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Keywords

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

File Format(s):

Other (HDF and NetCDF) , HDF4

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Spatial Information

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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: 2011-11-01 - Present
Temporal Resolution: 0.1488 second
Platforms

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

Created on 2014-04-22
Last updated on 2019-11-20