ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Prov-V3-41

CALIPSO Level 2

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

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Prov-V3-41

Clouds

Description

CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Prov-V3-41 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Cloud 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 data product contains cloud profile data and ancillary data. The cloud profile product is produced at 5 km horizontal resolution and is written in HDF. Note that no atmospheric volume characterization is associated with the cloud profile products. Also, the 1064 calibration scheme assumes that the extinction and the backscatter from clouds are spectrally independent. Consistent with this assumption, extinction and backscatter profiles will be reported for clouds only at 532 nm. Additionally, it is important to note that the aerosol profile product extends upward to 30.1 km, while the cloud profile product ceases at 20.2. Therefore, users interested in polar stratospheric clouds must order the product of the aerosol profile data.

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'Etudes Spatiales).

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Prov-V3-41

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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, 3.4

USER'S GUIDE

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From GCMD Science Keywords:

EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS
LIDAR BACKSCATTER
CLOUD PROPERTIES
LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO

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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