ASDC | CAL_LID_L3_Ice_Cloud-Standard

CALIPSO Level 3

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 3 Ice Cloud Data, Standard V1-00

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L3_Ice_Cloud-Standard

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

CAL_LID_L3_Ice_Cloud-Standard_V1-00 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 3 Ice Cloud Data, Standard Version 1-00 data product. This data product was collected using the Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. Data collection for this product is complete.

This product reports global distributions of ice cloud extinction and ice water content histograms on a uniform spatial grid. All level 3 parameters are derived from the CALIPSO level 2, 5km cloud profile products, with a temporal averaging of one month. CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006 and continues to collect data necessary 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, CALIOP, Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR), and Wide Field Camera (WFC). CALIPSO is a joint satellite mission between NASA and the French Agency, CNES.

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/L3_ICE_CLOUD-STANDARD-V1-00

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

ASDC Data and Information for CALIPSO
CALIPSO - List of project documentation (Data Products Catalog and ATBDs)

PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

Detailed Data Quality Summary for the CALIPSO Version 1.00 Lidar Level 3 Ice Cloud Data Product

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 2.4
CALIPSO Products Overview

PUBLICATIONS

CALIPSO - List of publications

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide

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CLOUDS

532nm Extinction Coefficient
Clouds
Ice Water Content

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (-85, 85), (-180, 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degrees
Latitude Resolution: 2 degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees
Vertical Resolution Range: 100 meters - < 1 km
Vertical Resolution: 120 m
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GEOGRAPHIC REGION GLOBAL

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-01 - 2017-01-01

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALIOP

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2018-03-08

Last updated on 2020-10-20