Dataset
CALIPSO: Cloud and Aerosol Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile Version 3-01 Product (CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-01)
Abstract
The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) was a joint-mission between NASA and the French space agency Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales. The main objectives of the mission was to supply unique data set of vertical cloud and aerosol profiles.
This dataset contains cloud and aerosol lidar level 2 Aerosol Profile Version 3-01 data derived from Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) Level 1B product with uniform horizontal resolution of 5 km and ancillary data. There are no layer descriptors included in the datasets, and the spatial distribution of the aerosol layers depends on the aerosol layer fraction and atmospheric volume description parameters. The aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients are obtained through the CALIPSO Lidar Ratio selection algorithm. In Version 3-01, L2 products use enhanced daytime calibration, improved cloud-aerosol discrimination algorithm with removal of a bug in the cloud clearing code, and the newly introduced cloud thermodynamic phase assessment algorithm.
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/neodc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_12bd93de-0db1-11e4-abce-00163e251233
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| Data lineage: |
These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center and mirrored by the NEODC |
| File Format: |
Data are HDF4 formatted
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Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | Mobile Platform Operation for: Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Satellite |
Computation Element: 1
| Title | Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Satellite |
| Abstract | Deployed on Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Satellite. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Aerosol_Layer_Fraction
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Aerosol_Multiple_Scattering_Profile_1064
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Aerosol_Multiple_Scattering_Profile_532
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Atmospheric_Volume_Description
- var_id: Backscatter_Coefficient_1064
- units: sr^-1km^-1
- units: sr^-1km^-1
- var_id: Backscatter_Coefficient_Uncertainty_1064
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: CAD_Score
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Cloud_Layer_Fraction
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Feature_Fraction
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_IAB_Cumulative_Probability
- var_id: Column_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
- units: sr^-1
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Aerosols_1064
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Aerosols_532
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Aerosols_Uncertainty_1064
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Aerosols_Uncertainty_532
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Cloud_532
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Cloud_Uncertainty_532
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Stratospheric_1064
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Stratospheric_532
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Stratospheric_Uncertainty_1064
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Column_Optical_Depth_Stratospheric_Uncertainty_532
- var_id: Day_Night_Flag
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Extinction_Coefficient_1064
- units: km^-1
- units: km^-1
- var_id: Extinction_Coefficient_532
- units: km^-1
- var_id: Extinction_Coefficient_Uncertainty_1064
- units: km^-1
- var_id: Extinction_Coefficient_Uncertainty_532
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Extinction_QC_Flag_1064
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Extinction_QC_Flag_532
- units: deg
- var_id: Latitude
- units: deg
- var_id: Longitude
- var_id: Molecular_Number_Density
- units: m^-3
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Profile_532
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Particulate_Depolarization_Ratio_Uncertainty_532
- units: sr^-1km^-1
- var_id: Perpendicular_Backscatter_Coefficient_532
- units: sr^-1km^-1
- var_id: Perpendicular_Backscatter_Coefficient_Uncertainty_532
- var_id: Pressure
- units: hPA
- units: sec
- var_id: Profile_Time
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Profile_UTC_Time
- units: %
- var_id: Relative_Humidity
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Samples_Averaged
- units: km
- var_id: Surface_Elevation_Statistics
- units: m/s
- var_id: Surface_Winds
- units: degrees C
- var_id: Temperature
- units: sr^-1km^-1
- var_id: Total_Backscatter_Coefficient_532
- units: sr^-1km^-1
- var_id: Total_Backscatter_Coefficient_Uncertainty_532
- units: km
- var_id: Tropopause_Height
- units: degrees C
- var_id: Tropopause_Temperature
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
2006-06-12T23:00:00
2011-10-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |