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Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP)

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Abstract

The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) is a two-wavelength polarisation-sensitive lidar which creates high-resolution vertical profiles of cloud and aerosol. The lidar uses 1064 nm to measure backscatter intesity, and two channels measuring orthogonally polarised components of the 532 nm backscatter signal.

Abbreviation: CALIOP
Keywords: Not defined

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instrumentType:      Lidar
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Previously used record indentifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/neodc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__DPT_0df4c192-0dbb-11e4-8a29-00163e251233

More Information (under review)


More information on the instrument can be found in the following documents:

    Winker, D. M., W. H. Hunt, and M. J. McGill, 2007: Initial performance assessment of CALIOP, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L19803, doi:10.1029/2007GL030135.

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