ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_333mMLay-Standard-V4-10

CALIPSO Level 2

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 1/3 km merged layer data V4-10

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_333mMLay-Standard-V4-10

Clouds

Description

CAL_LID_L2_333mMLay-Standard-V4-10 data is a CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 333m layer data product which contains clouds and aerosols. This replaces the V3 333m Cloud Layer data product. In the V3 product all single shot layers were forced to be clouds. For the V4 data product the mechanism used to discriminate between cloud and aerosols was then extended to the single shot data.

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (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, the Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP), the Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and the Wide Field Camera (WFC). CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency, CNES.

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L2_333MMLAY-STANDARD-V4-10

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ANOMALIES

CALIPSO Tilt Mode Geometry Anomaly

DATA CITATION POLICY

How to cite ASDC data

DATA QUALITY

Data Quality Summary for the CALIPSO Version 4.10 Lidar Level 2 Data Products

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

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 USAGE

Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CALIPSO Products Overview

PUBLICATIONS

CALIPSO - List of publications

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide

From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO
LIDAR BACKSCATTER
CLOUD BASE HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD CEILING > CLOUD PROPERTIES

Cloud Base Height
Cloud Mid-layer Temperature
Cloud Top Height
Column Reflectance
Lidar Depolarization Ratio
Integrated Attenuated Backscatter

Data Distribution

Current Products

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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

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-12 - Present
Temporal Resolution: 0.74 second

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALIOP

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2017-04-13

Last updated on 2020-08-03