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CALIPSO Previously Released Data Sets

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Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) data sets listed on this page are previous releasess.
The most recent CALIPSO data sets containing updated inputs are ordered from the CALIPSO Data and Information page.

NOTE: The data in each data set are global, but are produced in files by half orbit, with the day portion of an orbit in one file and the night portion of the orbit in another.

Data Set Name
(Select name to order)		 Temporal Coverage Description Parameters Documentation
Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track
CAL_IIR_L2_Track-Beta-V2-02 09/14/2008-01/17/2011 CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer Level 2 track data Emissivity, Cloud Properties IIR Track User's Guide (V2)
CAL_IIR_L2_Track-Beta-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath
CAL_IIR_L2_Swath-Beta-V2-02 09/14/2008-01/17/2011 CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer Level 2 swath data Emissivity, Cloud Properties IIR Swath User's Guide (V2)
CAL_IIR_L2_Swath-Beta-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
Lidar Level 1B
CAL_LID_L1-ValStage1-V3-00
No longer orderable		 06/13/2006-12/31/2006, 03/12/2009-06/10/2009 CALIPSO Lidar Level 1B profile data Lidar Attenuated Backscatter Quality Statement (V3)
CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V2-02 09/14/2008-02/16/2009 Quality Statement (V2)
CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V1-22 08/06/2007-11/11/2007 Quality Statement (V1)
CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V1-20 03/01/2007-08/11/2007 *
CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V1-11 01/06/2007-03/13/2007 *
CAL_LID_L1-Prov-V1-10 06/13/2006-01/05/2007
Lidar Level 2 Cloud and Aerosol Layer
CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Prov-V2-02 09/14/2008-02/16/2009,
03/17/2009-03/28/2010		 CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km aerosol layer data Integrated Attenuated Backscatter, Column Reflectance, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Optical Thickness Quality Statement (V2)
CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Prov-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
CAL_LID_L2_333mCLay-Prov-V2-02 09/14/2008-02/16/2009,
03/17/2009-03/28/2010		 CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1/3 km cloud layer data Integrated Attenuated Backscatter, Column Reflectance, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Midlayer Temperature
CAL_LID_L2_333mCLay-Prov-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Prov-V2-02 09/14/2008-02/16/2009,
03/17/2009-03/28/2010		 CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1 km cloud layer data Integrated Attenuated Backscatter, Column Reflectance, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Midlayer Temperature
CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Prov-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V2-02 09/14/2008-02/16/2009,
03/17/2009-03/28/2010		 CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km cloud layer data Integrated Attenuated Backscatter, Column Reflectance, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Optical Depth
CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Prov-V1-20 03/01/2007-11/11/2007 * CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km aerosol layer data Integrated Attenuated Backscatter, Column Reflectance, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Optical Thickness Quality Statement (V1)
CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Prov-V1-10 06/13/2006-03/13/2007
CAL_LID_L2_333mCLay-Prov-V1-20 03/01/2007-11/11/2007 * CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1/3 km cloud layer data Integrated Attenuated Backscatter, Column Reflectance, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Midlayer Temperature
CAL_LID_L2_333mCLay-Prov-V1-10 06/13/2006-03/13/2007
CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Prov-V1-20 03/01/2007-11/11/2007 * CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1 km cloud layer data Integrated Attenuated Backscatter, Column Reflectance, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Midlayer Temperature
CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Prov-V1-10 06/13/2006-03/13/2007
CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V1-20 03/01/2007-11/11/2007 * CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km cloud layer data Integrated Attenuated Backscatter, Column Reflectance, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Optical Depth
CAL_LID_L2_05kmCLay-Prov-V1-10 06/13/2006-03/13/2007
Lidar Level 2 Cloud and Aerosol Profile
CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Beta-V2-02
 09/14/2008-02/16/2009,
03/17/2009-03/28/2010		 CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km cloud profile data Backscatter Coefficient, Depolarization Ratio Profile, Extinction Coefficient Quality Statement (V2)
CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Beta-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
CAL_LID_L2_40kmAProCal-Beta-V2-02 09/14/2008-02/16/2009,
03/17/2009-03/28/2010		 CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 aerosol profile data using the CALIPSO Lidar Ratio selection algorithm
CAL_LID_L2_40kmAProCal-Beta-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask
CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Prov-V2-02
09/14/2008-02/16/2009,
03/17/2009-03/28/2010		 CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask data Aerosol Particle Properties, Cloud Type, Cloud Particle Phase Quality Statement (V2)
CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Prov-V2-01 06/13/2006-09/13/2008
CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Prov-V1-20 03/01/2007-11/11/2007 * Quality Statement (V1)
CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Prov-V1-10 06/13/2006-03/13/2007
Wide Field Camera (WFC) Level 1B
CAL_WFC_L1_125m-Prov-V1-10 06/13/2006-09/21/2010 CALIPSO Wide Field Camera Level 1B 125 m Native Science data Radiance, Reflectance Quality Statement (V1)
CAL_WFC_L1_1Km-Prov-V1-10 06/13/2006-09/21/2010 CALIPSO Wide Field Camera Level 1B 1 km Native Science data Radiance, Reflectance
CAL_WFC_L1_IIR-Prov-V1-10 06/13/2006-09/21/2010 CALIPSO Wide Field Camera Level 1B 1 km Registered Science data Radiance, Reflectance
* Dates specified are primary processing range. Some additional orbits may also be processed for this version.
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