Description

CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Standard-V4-10 data are CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask data. The Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask data product describes the vertical and horizontal distribution of cloud and aerosol layers observed by the CALIPSO lidar. Cloud and aerosol discrimination for detected features is reported as a single value, the CAD_Score. The Version 3.30 CALIOP Lidar Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 data products incorporate the updated GMAO Forward Processing - Instrument Teams (FP-IT) meteorological data, and the enhanced Air Force Weather Authority (AFWA) Snow and Ice Data Set as ancillary inputs to the production of these data sets, beginning with data date March 1, 2013. 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.

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Publications which Cite this Collection

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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.

Fischer, Emily V.; Zhu, Liye; Payne, Vivienne H.; Worden, John R.; Jiang, Zhe; Kulawik, Susan S.; Brey, Steven; Hecobian, Arsineh; Gombos, Daniel; Cady-Pereira, Karen; Flocke, Frank (2018). Using TES retrievals to investigate PAN in North American biomass burning plumes.

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.

Kim, Man-Hae; Omar, Ali H.; Tackett, Jason L.; Vaughan, Mark A.; Winker, David M.; Trepte, Charles R.; Hu, Yongxiang; Liu, Zhaoyan; Poole, Lamont R.; Pitts, Michael C.; Kar, Jayanta; Magill, Brian E. (2016). The CALIPSO version 4 automated aerosol classification and lidar ratio selection algorithm.

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.

Mülmenstädt, Johannes; Sourdeval, Odran; Henderson, David S.; L'Ecuyer, Tristan S.; Unglaub, Claudia; Jungandreas, Leonore; Böhm, Christoph; Russell, Lynn M.; Quaas, Johannes (2016). Using CALIOP to estimate cloud-field base height and its uncertainty: the Cloud Base Altitude Spatial Extrapolator (CBASE) algorithm and dataset.

Resources and Documentation

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Earthdata Forum

PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE

ICARE Data and Services Center Home Page

PROJECT HOME PAGE

NASA Mission Page for CALIPSO

CALIPSO Project Home Page

French (CNES) CALIPSO Home Page

NASA Mission Overview of CALIPSO

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 4.10 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
• Links to tools available through the ASDC
• Overview of CALIPSO Data at the ASDC

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

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