CALIPSO Level 2
Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 5 km merged layer data V4-10
Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmMLay-Standard-V4-10
Clouds
DOI
Publications which Cite this Collection
Filioglou, M.; Mielonen, T.; Balis, D.; Giannakaki, E.; Arola, A.; Kokkola, H.; Komppula, M.; Romakkaniemi, S. (2021). Aerosol Effect on the Cloud Phase of Low‐Level Clouds Over the Arctic.
Vaughan, Mark; Garnier, Anne; Josset, Damien; Avery, Melody; Lee, Kam-Pui; Liu, Zhaoyan; Hunt, William; Pelon, Jacques; Hu, Yongxiang; Burton, Sharon; Hair, Johnathan; Tackett, Jason L.; Getzewich, Brian; Kar, Jayanta; Rodier, Sharon (2021). CALIPSO lidar calibration at 1064 nm: version 4 algorithm.
Zamora, Lauren M.; Kahn, Ralph A.; Huebert, Klaus B.; Stohl, Andreas; Eckhardt, Sabine (2019). A satellite-based estimate of combustion aerosol cloud microphysical effects over the Arctic Ocean.
Liu, Zhaoyan; Kar, Jayanta; Zeng, Shan; Tackett, Jason; Vaughan, Mark; Avery, Melody; Pelon, Jacques; Getzewich, Brian; Lee, Kam-Pui; Magill, Brian; Omar, Ali; Lucker, Patricia; Trepte, Charles; Winker, David (2018). Discriminating between clouds and aerosols in the CALIOP version 4.1 data products.
Young, Stuart A.; Vaughan, Mark A.; Garnier, Anne; Tackett, Jason L.; Lambeth, James D.; Powell, Kathleen A. (2017). Extinction and optical depth retrievals for CALIPSO's Version 4 data release.
Zeng, Shan; Vaughan, Mark; Liu, Zhaoyan; Trepte, Charles; Kar, Jayanta; Omar, Ali; Winker, David; Lucker, Patricia; Hu, Yongxiang; Getzewich, Brian; Avery, Melody (2016). Application of high-dimensional fuzzy k-means cluster analysis to CALIOP/CALIPSO version 4.1 cloud–aerosol discrimination.
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Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD CEILING > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
- LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- LIDAR BACKSCATTER
- Cloud Base Height
- Cloud Optical Depth
- Cloud Top Height
- Column Reflectance
- Integrated Attenuated Backscatter
- Lidar Depolarization Ratio
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-12 - Present
Temporal Resolution: 0.74 second