ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-41

CALIPSO Level 2

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile, Provisional V3-41

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-41

Aerosols

Description

CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-41 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile, Provisional Version 3-41 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 3-40 to 3-41 to account for a change in the operating system of the CALIPSO production cluster.

This product uses the CALIPSO Lidar Ratio Selection algorithm. The lidar Level 2 Aerosol Profile data products contain averaged aerosol profile data and ancillary data. There are no layer descriptors included in the lidar aerosol profile data products. The spatial distribution of the aerosol layers is instead completely characterized by the aerosol layer fraction and atmospheric volume description parameters. The aerosol profile products are generated at a uniform horizontal resolution of 5 km. The aerosol backscatter and extinction coefficients are computed using a lidar ratio selected by the CALIPSO lidar Ratio selection algorithm.

CALIPSO was launched on April 28, 2006, 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 (Centre national d'études spatiales).

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_05kmAPro-Prov-V3-41

Publications which Cite this Collection

Li, Wenzhao; El-Askary, Hesham; Qurban, Mohamed; Proestakis, Emmanouil; Garay, Michael; Kalashnikova, Olga; Amiridis, Vassilis; Gkikas, Antonis; Marinou, Eleni; Piechota, Thomas; Manikandan, K. (2019). An Assessment of Atmospheric and Meteorological Factors Regulating Red Sea Phytoplankton Growth.

Resources and Documentation

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PRODUCT QUALITY ASSESSMENT

CALIPSO Quality Statements: Lidar Level 2 Cloud and Aerosol Profile Products Version Releases: 3.01, 3.02, 3.3

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO User's Guide

From GCMD Science Keywords:

AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
AEROSOL EXTINCTION
LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO

Data Distribution

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -90, N: 90), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2020-10-01 - 2023-06-30

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

CALIPSO

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations

CALIOP

Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-09-19

Last updated on 2023-12-05