CALIPSO Level 2
Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1 km Cloud Layer, V4-21
Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Standard-V4-21
Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget
Resources and Documentation
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PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE
ICARE Data and Services Center Home Page
PROJECT HOME PAGE
French (CNES) CALIPSO Home Page
NASA Mission Overview of CALIPSO
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- ASDC Data and Information for CALIPSO
- CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs)
- Links to tools available through the ASDC
- Overview of CALIPSO Data at the ASDC
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- CALIPSO - Data Availability Site
PROCESSING HISTORY
- Data Quality Summary for the CALIPSO Version 4.20 and V4.21 Lidar Level 2 Data Products
PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity
PRODUCT USAGE
- ASDC List of CALIPSO CALIOP L2 Lidar Standard V4.20 Release Announcements
- CALIPSO Products Overview
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions
USER FEEDBACK PAGE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD CEILING > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
- LIDAR BACKSCATTER
- CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- Cloud Base Height
- Cloud Mid-layer Temperature
- Cloud Top Height
- Column Reflectance
- Integrated Attenuated Backscatter
- Lidar Depolarization Ratio
Data Distribution
Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2020-07-01
Temporal Resolution: 0.147999 seconds
Platforms
Earth Observation Satellites
CALIPSO
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
CALIOP
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
Metadata Dates
Created on 2020-12-15
Last updated on 2020-12-16