Dataset
CALIPSO: Cloud and Aerosol Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask Version 4-21 Product (CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Standard-V4-21)
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 objective of the mission was to supply a unique data set of vertical cloud and aerosol profiles.
This dataset contains cloud and aerosol lidar level 2 vertical feature mask version 4-21 data product describes the horizontal and vertical distribution of the cloud and the aerosol layers observed by the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP). CAL_LID_L2_VFM-Standard-V4-21 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM), Version 4-21 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument. The version of this product was changed from 4-20 to 4-21 to account for a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production cluster. Data collection for this product is ongoing.
Details
| Previous Info: |
No news update for this record
|
|---|---|
| Previously used record identifiers: |
No related previous identifiers.
|
| Access rules: |
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for an account to gain access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: https://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/citing-asdc-data. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center and mirrored by CEDA. |
| File Format: |
Data are HDF4 formatted
|
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 |
- var_id: Day_Night_Flag
- units: NoUnits
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Feature_Classification_Flags
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Land_Water_Mask
- units: degrees
- var_id: Latitude
- units: degrees
- var_id: Longitude
- var_id: Minimum_Laser_Energy_532
- units: joules
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Profile_ID
- units: seconds
- var_id: Profile_Time
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Profile_UTC_Time
- units: kilometers
- var_id: Spacecraft_Position
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: ssLand_Water_Mask
- units: joules
- var_id: ssLaser_Energy_532
- units: degrees
- var_id: ssLatitude
- units: degrees
- var_id: ssLongitude
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: ssProfile_ID
- units: seconds
- var_id: ssProfile_Time
- units: NoUnits
- var_id: ssProfile_UTC_Time
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
2020-07-01T00:00:00
2022-01-19T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
||
-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
|
-90.0000° |