Dataset
CALIPSO: Cloud and Aerosol Lidar Level 2 1km Cloud Layer Version 4-51 Product (CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-V4-51)
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 1km cloud layer version 4-51 data product, which provides cloud data derived from Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) Level 1B product at 1 km horizontal resolution, with full complement of diagnostic and quality assurance parameters. The data provides range of parameters including vertical profile of cloud layers, optical depth.
CAL_LID_L2_01kmCLay-Standard-V4-51 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 1 km Cloud Layer, Version 4-51 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument.
Within this layer product are two general classes of data: Column Properties (including position data and viewing geometry) and Layer Properties. The lidar layer products contain column descriptors associated with several layer descriptors. The column descriptors specify the temporal and geophysical location of the column of the atmosphere through which a given lidar pulse travels. Also included in the column descriptors are indicators of surface lighting conditions, information about the surface type, and the number of features (e.g., aerosol layers) identified within the column.
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 (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales).
CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006, to study the impact of clouds and aerosols on the Earth's radiation budget and climate. From June 13, 2006, to September 13, 2018, CALIPSO was part of the A-Train constellation for coincident Earth Observations. After September 13, 2018, the satellite was lowered from 705 to 688 km to resume flying in formation with CloudSat, called the C-Train.
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These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center and mirrored by CEDA |
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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. |
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| Software Reference | None |
| Output Description | None |
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- units: 1/(km � sr)
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- var_id: Snow_Ice_Surface_Type
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- units: 1/sr
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- units: 1/sr
- var_id: Surface_Overlying_Integrated_Attenuated_Backscatter_532
- units: 1/(km � sr)
- var_id: Surface_Peak_Signal_1064
- units: 1/(km � sr)
- var_id: Surface_Peak_Signal_532
- var_id: Surface_Scaled_RMS_Background_1064
- units: 1/(km � sr)
- units: 1/(km � sr)
- var_id: Surface_Scaled_RMS_Background_532
- units: km
- var_id: Surface_Top_Altitude_1064
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- var_id: Surface_Top_Altitude_532
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- var_id: Tropopause_Height
- var_id: Tropopause_Temperature
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- units: NoUnits
- var_id: Volume_Depolarization_Ratio_Statistics
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
2006-06-12T00:00:00
2023-06-30T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
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-90.0000° |