ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay

CALIPSO Level 2

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1 km Cloud Layer, Expedited V3-41

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay_Exp-Prov-V3-41

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay_Exp-Prov-V3-41 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 1 km Cloud Layer, Expedited Version 3-41 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. Data collection for this product is ongoing.

The version of this product was changed from 3-40 to 3-41 to account for a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production cluster. 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, CALIOP, Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and Wide Field Camera (WFC). CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency, CNES.

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

ASDC Data and Information for CALIPSO

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

CALIPSO Quality Statements Lidar Level 2 Cloud and Aerosol Layer Products Version Releases: 3.01, 3.02, 3.3, 3.4

From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUD CEILING > CLOUD PROPERTIES
LIDAR BACKSCATTER
CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
CLOUD MIDLAYER TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUDS

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

NetCDF-3 , HDF4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-90, 90), (-180, 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Geodetic
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2020-10-01 - Present

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALIOP

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-09-16

Last updated on 2020-10-15