ASDC | CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-51

CALIPSO Level 2

Entry Title: CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, V4-51

Entry ID: CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-51

Clouds

Description

CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-51 is the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Lidar Level 2 Cloud Profile, Version 4-51 data product. Data for this product was collected using the CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) instrument.

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.

DOI

10.5067/CALIOP/CALIPSO/CAL_LID_L2_05kmCPro-Standard-V4-51

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Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

PROJECT HOME PAGE

NASA Mission Page for CALIPSO

CALIPSO Project Home Page

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DATA QUALITY

CALIPSO V4.51 Lidar Level 2 Data Quality Summary

HOW-TO

CALIPSO - Browse Image Tutorial

PROCESSING HISTORY

CALIPSO – Data Availability Site

PRODUCT HISTORY

CALIPSO – Data Inventory

PRODUCT USAGE

PRODUCTION HISTORY

CALIPSO - Data Management System - Data Products Catalog - Release 4.95

PUBLICATIONS

CALIPSO – List of Publications

USER FEEDBACK PAGE

CALIPSO Data User’s Guide - Frequently Asked Questions

USER'S GUIDE

CALIPSO Data User's Guide

From GCMD Science Keywords:

CLOUD TYPES
CLOUD PROPERTIES
CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS

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

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: 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