CALIPSO Level 2
Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V2-00
Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_BlowingSnow_Antarctica-Standard-V2-00
Radiation Budget
Description
CAL_LID_L2_BlowingSnow_Antarctica-Standard-V2-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, Version 2-00 data product. This product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument and reports the distribution of blowing snow properties based on back-scatter retrievals over Antarctica. 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). CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006, to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on the Earth's radiation budget and climate. From June 13, 2006, to September 13, 2018, CALIPSO was part of the A-Train constellation for coincident Earth Observations. After September 13, 2018, the satellite was lowered from 705 to 688 km to resume flying in formation with CloudSat, called the C-Train.
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Resources and Documentation
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
- CALIPSO Tilt Mode Geometry Anomaly
ANOMALIES
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs)
- CALIPSO Data Release Summary Statement
- ICARE Programmers Toolbox
- Links to tools available through the ASDC
- Overview of CALIPSO Data at the ASDC
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION
- CALIPSO - Data Availability Site
PROCESSING HISTORY
- Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity
PRODUCT USAGE
- CALIPSO Products Overview
- CALIPSO’s Data Products Catalog Release 4.97
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions
USER FEEDBACK PAGE
- CALIPSO Data User’s Guide
USER'S GUIDE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
- WIND DIRECTION > SURFACE WINDS
- SNOW > SOLID PRECIPITATION
- SURFACE TEMPERATURE
- BLOWING SNOW > SNOW STORMS
- ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
- Integrated Attenuated Backscatter
- OLR (Outgoing Longwave Radiation)
- Snow
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF5
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
ANTARCTICA
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-12 - 2023-07-01