CALIPSO Level 2
Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, V4-51
Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-51
Clouds
Resources and Documentation
PROJECT HOME PAGE
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
- How to cite ASDC data
DATA CITATION POLICY
- CALIPSO V4.51 Lidar Level 2 Data Quality Summary
DATA QUALITY
- CALIPSO – Data Availability Site
PROCESSING HISTORY
- CALIPSO – Data Inventory
PRODUCT HISTORY
- CALIPSO - Browse Images
- CALIPSO V4.51 Lidar Level 2 Data Description Summary
- Overview of CALIPSO Data Product Maturity
PRODUCT USAGE
- CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 4.95
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- CALIPSO – List of Publications
PUBLICATIONS
- CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions
USER FEEDBACK PAGE
- CALIPSO Data User's Guide
USER'S GUIDE
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD PROPERTIES
- CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
- CLOUD TYPES
- Column Optical Depth
- Attenuated Backscatter
- Total 532nm Backscatter Coefficient
- Perpendicular 532nm Backscatter Coefficient
- 1064nm Backscatter Coefficient
- 532nm Particulate Depolarization Ratio
- Extinction Coefficient
- Ice Water Content
- Atmospheric Volume Description
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF4
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Spatial Information
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Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
GLOBAL TROPOSPHERE
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2006-06-11 - 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 2022-08-09
Last updated on 2023-12-15