ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20

CALIPSO Level 2

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km Aerosol Layer Data, V4-20

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20

Aerosols

Description

CAL_LID_L2_05kmALay-Standard-V4-20 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 5 km Aerosol Layer Data, Version 4-20 data product. This data product was collected using the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. Data generation and distribution of this V4.20 product ended on July 1, 2020, to support a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production clusters. The V4.21 data product covers July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2023.

Within the Lidar Aerosol Layer Product, there are two general classes of data:- Column Properties (including position data and viewing geometry) and Layer Properties. The lidar layer products consist of a sequence of column descriptors, each one of which is associated with a variable number of layer descriptors. The column descriptors specify the temporal and geophysical location of the column of the atmosphere through which a given lidar pulse travels. Also included in the column descriptors are indicators of surface lighting conditions, information about the surface type, and the number of features (e.g., aerosol layers) identified within the column.

CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006, and continues to collect data necessary 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 (Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales).

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_05KMALAY-STANDARD-V4-20

Citation Styles for this Dataset

Publications which Cite this Collection

Tackett, Jason L.; Kar, Jayanta; Vaughan, Mark A.; Getzewich, Brian J.; Kim, Man-Hae; Vernier, Jean-Paul; Omar, Ali H.; Magill, Brian E.; Pitts, Michael C.; Winker, David M. (2023). The CALIPSO version 4.5 stratospheric aerosol subtyping algorithm.

Griffin, Debora; Sioris, Christopher; Chen, Jack; Dickson, Nolan; Kovachik, Andrew; de Graaf, Martin; Nanda, Swadhin; Veefkind, Pepijn; Dammers, Enrico; McLinden, Chris A.; Makar, Paul; Akingunola, Ayodeji (2018). The 2018 fire season in North America as seen by TROPOMI: aerosol layer height intercomparisons and evaluation of model-derived plume heights.

Zamora, Lauren M.; Kahn, Ralph A. (2017). Saharan Dust Aerosols Change Deep Convective Cloud Prevalence, Possibly by Inhibiting Marine New Particle Formation.

Zamora, Lauren M.; Kahn, Ralph A.; Evangeliou, Nikolaos; Groot Zwaaftink, Christine D.; Huebert, Klaus B. (2015). Comparisons between the distributions of dust and combustion aerosols in MERRA-2, FLEXPART, and CALIPSO and implications for deposition freezing over wintertime Siberia.

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ANOMALIES

CALIPSO Tilt Mode Geometry Anomaly

DATA CITATION POLICY

How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

Data Quality Summary for the CALIPSO Version 4.20 and V4.21 Lidar Level 2 Data Products

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs)
CALIPSO Data Release Summary Statement
ICARE Programmers Toolbox

HOW-TO

CALIPSO - Data User's Guide - Browse Image Tutorial

MICRO ARTICLE

CALIPSO: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Fact Sheet

PROCESSING HISTORY

CALIPSO - Data Availability Site

PRODUCT HISTORY

ASDC List of CALIPSO CALIOP L2 Lidar Standard V4.20 Release Announcements

PRODUCT USAGE

Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 2.4
CALIPSO Products Overview

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide

From GCMD Science Keywords:

LIDAR
AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS

Aerosol Optical Thickness
Column Reflectance
Integrated Attenuated Backscatter
Lidar Depolarization Ratio

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-12 - 2020-07-01

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALIOP

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2018-09-06

Last updated on 2023-10-06