CALIPSO Level 3
Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud, Standard V1-00

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L3_GEWEX_Cloud-Standard-V1-00
Clouds
DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/LID_L3_GEWEX_Cloud-Standard-V1-00

Citation Styles for this Dataset
Publications which Cite this Collection

Hancock, Steven; McGrath, Ciara; Lowe, Christopher; Davenport, Ian; Woodhouse, Iain (2017). Requirements for a global lidar system: spaceborne lidar with wall-to-wall coverage.


Selami, Nada; Sèze, Geneviève; Gaetani, Marco; Grandpeix, Jean-Yves; Flamant, Cyrille; Cuesta, Juan; Benabadji, Noureddine (2017). Cloud Cover over the Sahara during the Summer and Associated Circulation Features.


Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

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Keywords

From GCMD Science Keywords:
  • CLOUDS
  • CLOUD HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • CLOUD TOP PRESSURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE > CLOUD PROPERTIES
  • Cloud Amount
Data Distribution

File Format(s):

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Spatial Information

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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: 2006-06-01 - 2016-12-31
Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites
CALIPSO
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
CALIOP
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization
Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-08-13
Last updated on 2023-09-27